Carlos Yulo on his historic gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championship: ‘Never thought this day would come’

Carlos Yulo became the first Filipino to win gold in the World Gymnastics Championship for the men’s floor title in Germany, Saturday.

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On Instagram, the 19-year-old posted a photo of himself with other medalists, Artem Dolgopyat of Israel who took home silver, and China’s Xiao Ruoteng who took home bronze.

Taking his accomplishments by the numbers — “10th in the world and 1st on the floor exercise,” he began his caption — Carlos said he “never thought this day would come.”

“Just wanted to thank God for all of these wonderful blessings that he had given. To my coach, my therapist, and to my fam, I owe you guys a lot. Thanks much. Thank y’all for the support.”

 

 

 

 

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Oct 13, 2019 at 12:12am PDT

It was no mean feat. Yulo was the bronze medallist last year and won the gold by a hair: a margin of just 0.1 point from silver medallist Dolgopyat. — LA, GMA News