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Two-time gold medallist Carlos Yulo takes us to his gymnastics journey on the Paris Olympics

Two-time gold medallist Carlos Yulo takes us to his gymnastics journey on the Paris Olympics


“It’s been an extended journey from dreaming to profitable,” he continues. “I’m thrilled and blessed. I’m principally grateful to the Lord: It’s Him. He didn’t abandon me. I’m additionally grateful that nothing dangerous occurred to us, the gymnasts. We have been all secure from harm. General, it was pure happiness. It was value it that I didn’t surrender.”

However Yulo wasn’t finished but: he gained his second gold medal the next day on the vault occasion, topping the scoreboard  with 15.116 factors. Armenia’s Artur Davtyan was in second place, whereas Nice Britain’s Harry Hepworth got here third.

Of that second win, Yulo says, “I used to be enthusiastic about being secure as a result of I couldn’t even do my first vault. Even throughout coaching, I wasn’t in a position to get up in any respect. Wala akong naitayo. In my earlier days in Paris, I couldn’t land both. I bear in mind being nervous as a result of it was harmful, which frightened me probably the most,” the gymnast admits. “I simply needed to be secure and be capable of carry out till the tip as a result of I had nothing extra to lose. That’s all I used to be praying for: to face, even simply as soon as.”  So the end result got here as one thing of a shock. “I used to be very relaxed on the second day as a result of getting a medal on the primary day helped a little bit. So, once I did my routine for the vault occasion, all I felt was pleasure. I couldn’t imagine what was occurring. The second medal is a bonus. If the primary is unbelievable, the second is much more unbelievable.”

Learn extra: Homecoming of Staff Philippines: Carlos Yulo, Nesthy Petecio, Aira Villegas, and extra

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