YULO BROTHERS QUALIFY FOR FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL
22 September 2026
NAGOYA—Double Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo advanced to the finals of three apparatus in the men’s artistic gymnastics event of the 20th Asian Games.
Yulo topped the floor exercise qualifications with 14.600 points, performing a routine with a difficulty of 5.7 and execution of 8.900.
The Olympic floor exercise and vault gold medalist also advanced in the parallel bars, ranking sixth with a score of 14.266 points.
Yulo was able to enter the vault finals, despite not being able to land and falling during his first attempt in the qualifications.
“Sobrang challenging today. Hindi ito yung in-expect ko na preparation ko. Hindi siya lumabas talaga today. Although ‘yung sa pommel horse okay pa naman ako. ‘Yung sa vault hindi ko… hindi [ko] siya matanggap kanina,” he told POC Media.
Yulo shared what happened during his first vault attempt and his high bar routine, where he also fell to the mat after failing to grab the bar.
“Hindi ‘yun ‘yung tamang pag-grab and nung nalaglag ako, I was really disappointed but at the same time thankful and grateful na safe ako kanina kasi yung ganung pagkakamali pwedeng matapos na yung yung career na meron ako,” he said.
“Sa high bar din um nahulog ako. After how many years po kasi, tinigil ko yung skill na yun. And then binalik ko siya ulit just to challenge po yung sarili ko and mas makapag-look ng ibang perspective,” Yulo explained.
Despite not being satisfied with his performance, Yulo is still grateful to be able to represent the Philippines and stay safe after what happened.
“It’s just really ano trial and error pa din. And at the end of the day I still did what I um what’s my ano po yung best ng makakaya ko,” he shared.
The elder Yulo finished 10th in the individual all-around rankings with 75.465 points.
Yulo’s younger brother Eldrew also booked a spot in the floor exercise final, ranking fourth with a score of 13.966 points.
“[Ang] napi-feel ko po is grateful dahil lahat kami is safe and of course super proud din ako sa nangyari kanina. And dahil well may mga bagay din ako na hindi nagawa tulad ng pommel, sa rings, and of course sa p-bar. But I keep telling myself na change mood to change mood every time na nagcha-change kami ng apparatus to feel the other energy,” he told POC Media.
In the horizontal bar, Eldrew finished ninth with 13.433 points but still advances to the final since only two athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can qualify.
The younger Yulo finished eighth in the all-around with 77.264 points.
Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Miguel Besana likewise advanced to the vault final, finishing fourth in the qualification with 13.933 points.
Team Philippines ranked number six in the team event with 232.093 points behind
