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Five days after the Aichi-Nagoya Games officially kicked off, Carlos Yulo has proved naysayers wrong by winning a gold medal for the Philippines at the 2026 Asian GamesAsian GamesA multi-sport event held every four years for athletes across Asia, second in scale only to the Olympics on the continent. For Filipino fans, it is a major stage whereGo to Asian Games Glossary at the Rainbow Hall of Nagoya General Gymnasium in Japan.
The celebrated two-time Olympic gymnast wiped the floor with the competition, tallying a close-to-perfect 14.666 points on a 5.7 difficulty.
He beat out tough competition in the likes of Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi, who scored 14.6 points on a 5.7 difficulty, and Japan’s Shoma Tsukiyama, who managed 14.566 on a 5.6 difficulty, securing the country’s first-ever men’s floor exercise victory.
Called the “Golden Boy” by many, Yulo has now added an Asian GamesAsian GamesA multi-sport event held every four years for athletes across Asia, second in scale only to the Olympics on the continent. For Filipino fans, it is a major stage whereGo to Asian Games Glossary gold to his two Paris 2024 Olympic gold medals, three world championships, and nine Southeast Asian Games golds.
Yulo’s younger brother Karl Eldrew Yulo, happily competed with his brother for the first time at the Asian GamesAsian GamesA multi-sport event held every four years for athletes across Asia, second in scale only to the Olympics on the continent. For Filipino fans, it is a major stage whereGo to Asian Games Glossary, and finished eighth in the men’s floor exercise with 12.233 points on a 5.3 difficulty. “It’s been my dream since I was a kid to compete beside him,” Karl told Olympics.com.
The Yulo brothers helped the Philippines team achieve sixth place in the team gymnasticsGymnasticsA sport that tests strength, balance, flexibility, and control through events such as floor exercise, vault, rings, and parallel bars. In the Philippines, gymnastics gained a national spotlight through OlympicGo to Gymnastics Glossary finals on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, tallying a total of 227.359 points.
The golden campaign in Nagoya is far from over. With the floor exercise securely conquered, Carlos Yulo turns his focus to the vault and parallel bars finals this Friday, September 25, where he looks to extend his continental reign.
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Carlos Yulo won the men’s floor exercise with 14.666 points.
He edged out Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi and Japan’s Shoma Tsukiyama.
In Nagoya, Japan, with gymnastics at the Rainbow Hall of Nagoya General Gymnasium.
