Carlos Yulo wins floor exercise gold in Asian Gymnastics Championships for fourth straight year
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yulo topped the eight finalists with a score of 14.600 to rule the finals.
Milad Karimi of Kazakhstan placed second with 14.400, while Moon Geonyoung of South Korea finished third with 14.033.
This is Yulo's fourth straight year winning gold in floor exercise as he also won in the 2022, 2023, and 2024 editions, and his second medal in this year's edition as he bagged bronze in individual all-around last Thursday.
In last year's Paris Olympics, Yulo also won gold in the said event.
Yulo also competed in the still rings finals but finished seventh with a score of 13.233.
The Philippines' golden boy in gymnastics will still compete in the vault, horizontal bar, and parallel bars finals on Sunday.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
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