Nahagip na ni Carlos Edriel ‘Caloy’ Yulo ang mailap na gold medal – fourth overall niya – sa 2016 Mikhail Vosconin Cup sa Moscow, Russia.
Hindi inalintana ng 16-year-old former Palarong Pambansa standout ang sipon nang dominahin ang rings ng men’s artistic gymnastics laban sa mga katapat mula powerhouses Japan at host Russia.
Isang International Olympic Committee Olympic Solidarity Movement scholar na 2020 Tokyo Olympics prospect, naka-silver si Yulo sa vault at parallel bars at bronze sa all-around sa high-level 29-nation tourney.
“We hope he could continue with his success. He already had won in last year’s World Championships, then in the Asia-Pacific Rim in April and now in Europe,” sabi kahapon ni Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion-Norton.
“Caloy got a bad cold and I did too, in spite of that, he won, he has the stature, built and movement of a champion.”
Nakabase na sa Japan si Yulo na nagti-training sa ilalim ni coach Munehiro Kugi-Miya at nakatakdang lumahok sa Asian Championships sa May 2017.