A Filipino gymnast has just won the men’s vault in the 21st Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. The last time the country pocketed the vault title was in 1994 or 24 years ago when Bret Hudson struck gold in the Commonwealth Games, a quadrennial event that is participated in by countries that were former territories of the British Empire. Seventy-one countries and 4,500 athletes are represented in the Commonwealth Games’ Gold Coast edition, which wraps up on Sunday. In an online interview and after he was crowned King of the Vault, Remkes said he draws his “power” as a gymnast from his height. Rota has also been adopted by an Italian couple, whom he had known as his parents at a tender age.

Source: Manila Times April 13, 2018 15:11 UTC