Yulo crowns dominance in Asia tilt with 3rd gold

By Peter Atencio

FILIPINO

The 23-year-old Yulo ruled the men’s vault finals with 14.299 points for his third gold in the meet. It was the highest he got on his second routine with 5.6 points on difficulty and 9.033 on execution.

Uzbekistan’s Abdulaziz Mirvaliev, who had a 0.1 deduction in his second routine, landed second with 14.083, while South Korea’s Jaeho Kim settled for third with 13.766.

Yulo, who is from Leveriza, Manila, also topped the parallel bar finals for his second gold with a score of 15.266.

Japan’s junior standout Shinnosuke Oka scored 15.133 and China’s Dehang Yin collected 15.100 to finish second and third, respectively.

In the high bar finals, Yulo scored 14.533 to take the bronze medal behind China’s Hao Tian (14.533) and Japan’s

Oka (14.366), who took the gold and silver medals, respectively.

Yulo’s efforts saw him earning a total of five medals -- three golds including the first one he secured in the floor exercises on Saturday and the silver in the all-around last Thursday. His younger brother, 13-year-old Karl Eldrew, contributed a medal in the junior action after bagging a silver medal with 13.775 points. Eldrew tied Wang Cheng Cheng of China on points. But a 0.3 deduction in Day 1 allowed Wang to get the gold. Altynkhan Temirbek of Kazakhstan claimed the bronze. In women’s action, 20-year-old Emma Malabuyo, who recently joined Team Philippines, came up with a successful debut by bagging a silver in the floor exercises.