Carlos Yulo, 19, won the all-round and floor exercise events but came second in the pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar in front of a raucous crowd at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila. "There are so many things happening," Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion told Rappler. Many had tipped Yulo to win a clean sweep of the seven golds on offer at the SEA Games, including Carrion. Yulo on Saturday tweeted that he was heading "back to Japan" where he trains under a scholarship programme. He also retweeted a selfie posted by gold medallist weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz -- another athlete hailed by Filipinos as a national hero.

Source: Philippine Star December 07, 2019 08:03 UTC