“I know he will come back (here in the Philippines) with a gold medal,” said GAP president Cynthia Carrion.

Carrion predicted a gold in the floor, silver in the vault, and a stint in the medal round of the parallel bars.

“In all the videos of him that I have seen, his training is perfect. If he does perfectly well in competition as he does in training and without deductions, I know he can do it,” Carrion said.

She hopes that Yulo doesn’t get injured. 

“Caloy’s mind, emotions and skills have all been strengthened. He is so calm when you talk to him. It’s me who gets really nervous with the Olympics fast approaching,” she said.

Yulo will compete in the qualification and ranking rounds on July 24, followed by the all-round finale on July 28 and the individual apparatus finals on August 1 to 3 at the Olympic Gymnastic Centre in Tokyo.