MANILA, Philippines – The country was counting on gymnast Carlos Yulo to qualify to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Yulo booked a Tokyo berth via Olympic allocation from his effort in the individual all-around since some of the athletes who ended up ahead him have already made the cut. He thus became the second Filipino to make it to the Olympics next to pole vaulted EJ Obiena, who cleared 5.81 meters in a competition in Chiara, Italy last month to make it to Tokyo. Yulo will have a chance to match, if not eclipse, the bronze medal he snared in this same competition last year in Doha, Qatar as he plunges back into action in the finals Friday. The recent feat of Yulo, whose trip and foreign exposures have been bankrolled by the Philippine Sports Commission, can be attributed to his training in Japan under Japanese coach Munehiro Kugiyama for several months.

Source: Philippine Star October 08, 2019 05:26 UTC