A gold medal gymnast from the Philippines has been receiving more than just bragging rights for his accomplishment. Carlos E Yulo, 24, made history on Saturday, August 3 as the first male Olympic gold medalist in the history of the Philippines after winning the floor exercise event in men’s gymnastics. Yulo went on to receive another gold medal one day later for his vault routine.
Since completing these difficult achievements, various companies have chimed in to make Yulo’s victory even more special. To accomplish his wins, Yulo scored an average of 15.116 on the vault on Sunday, August 4, as he beat out Armenia’s Artur Davtyan (14.
966) and Britain’s Harry Hepworth (14.949). For his floor exercise he scored 15 points, beating the defending Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat from Israel by only 0.
034 of a point. One prize gifted to the Olympian was a two-bedroom condo in McKinley Hill township near the country’s capital of Manila. The Filipino real estate company Megaworld announced earlier this month that they would give away these condos to Olympians from the country that specifically retired with a gold medal.
Yulo is the only person to have done so. “This 2024, we are celebrating our 100th year of participating in the Olympic Games, and what a way to celebrate this milestone than by recognizing the superb competitive spirit of our newest Olympic gold medalist and welcoming them to McKinley Hill,” the company’s president, Lourdes T Gutierrez-Alfonso, said in t.