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Paris Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo visits the ABS-CBN Newsroom at the ABS-CBN Compound in Quezon City on August 27, 2024.  Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File

Paris Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo visits the ABS-CBN Newsroom at the ABS-CBN Compound in Quezon City on August 27, 2024.  Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News

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Carlos Yulo at ABS-CBN

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176975231671620240827-carlos-yulo-abscbn-GCS7153.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Paris Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo visits the ABS-CBN Newsroom at the ABS-CBN Compound in Quezon City on August 27, 2024. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File" width="960"/>Paris Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo visits the ABS-CBN Newsroom at the ABS-CBN Compound in Quezon City on August 27, 2024.  Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File</div>MANILA -- For the second straight time, the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) is hailed as the National Sports Association (NSA) of the Year.The distinction will be given out in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association 2025 Awards Night, set for Feb. 16 at the Diamond Hotel Manila.Carlos Yulo, the &quot;Golden Boy&quot; of Philippine gymnastics, was once again at the forefront of another banner campaign for the sport as Filipino bets excel from the world and Asian championships, the junior world championships, all the way to the Southeast Asian Games.The 25-year-old Yulo spearheaded the national team&#x27;s dynamic stint by reasserting his status as one of the best in the world today with another golden performance in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.Yulo won the gold in vault and bronze in floor exercise during the 53rd edition of the meet, earning him a second straight Athlete of the Year honor which he&#x27;ll share with tennis darling Alex Eala during the gala night co-presented by the Philippine Sports Commission and ArenaPlus.Yulo&#x27;s historic double gold act in the Paris Olympics had paved way for gymnastics to be named NSA of the Year in last season&#x27;s awards. The GAP is under the leadership of Cynthia Carrion.Yulo warmed up for the world meet by winning a fourth straight gold in the floor exercise of the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jecheon, South Korea, where he also bagged the bronze in the individual all-around, vault, and parallel bars.Not to be outdone was his brother Eldrew Yulo, who netted bronzes in the floor exercise and horizontal bar of the 3rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Junior Championships at the Manila Marriott Hotel.The younger Yulo&#x27;s pair of bronze capped the country&#x27;s successful hosting of the meet held in the Philippine for the first time through the initiatives of GAP and in partnership with the PSC and other leading government agencies.Before 2025 ended, Filipino gymnasts likewise made their presence felt in the 33rd SEA Games where they took home three gold medals courtesy of Aleah Finnegan (vault), Jasmine Ramilo (individual all-around), and John Ivan Cruz (vault), along with two silvers, and seven bronzes.

For the second straight time, the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) is hailed as the National Sports Association (NSA) of the Year.

For the second straight time, the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) is hailed as the National Sports Association (NSA) of the Year.

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GAP hailed as nat'l sports association of the year anew

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Published January 30, 2026 01:52 PM PHT

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