Carlos Yulo of the Philippines during the SEA Games artistic gymnastics all-around category in Rizal Memorial Stadium on December 1, 2019. Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News/File

Carlos Yulo of the Philippines during the SEA Games artistic gymnastics all-around category in Rizal Memorial Stadium on December 1, 2019. Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172233312567320191201-sea-games-carlos-yulo-cd-27.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Carlos Yulo of the Philippines during the SEA Games artistic gymnastics all-around category in Rizal Memorial Stadium on December 1, 2019. Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Carlos Yulo of the Philippines during the SEA Games artistic gymnastics all-around category in Rizal Memorial Stadium on December 1, 2019. <em>Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo returns to action on Wednesday at the Bercy Arena in Paris to vie in the first of his three finals events in men&#x27;s artistic gymnastics -- the individual all-around.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) President Cynthia Carrion is keeping her expectations realistic for the event, acknowledging that Yulo has a slim chance in the individual all-around.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">But their hopes are higher in the floor exercise and vault finals, where fingers are crossed that Yulo can win medals for the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympics.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/27/paris-2024-carlos-yulo-advances-to-all-around-floor-and-vault-finals-642"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/7/27/paris-2024-carlos-yulo-advances-to-all-around-floor-and-vault-finals-642">READ: Carlos Yulo advances to all-around, floor, and vault finals</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The individual all-around finals, featuring 24 finalists, is expected to be a showdown among the Chinese and Japanese aces with Fil-British bet Jake Jarman as a dark horse. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The event starts at 11:30 p.m., Philippine time.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Daiki Hashimoto has a shot at becoming the third Japanese to be back-to-back champ in this event. Sawao Kato achieved the feat in 1968 and 1972, and Kohei Uchimura replicated it in 2012 and 2016. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shinnosuke Oka is another Japanese contender in the all-events topped by Boheng Zhang of China in the qualifying, with compatriot Ruoteng Xiao coming at fourth. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Also in the mix in the final are Great Britain&#x27;s Joe Fraser, Ukraine&#x27;s Oleg Verniaiev and Illia Kovtun, Italians Yumin Abbadini and Mario Macchiati, Americans Frederick Richard and Paul Juda, Swiss Matteo Giubellini and Florian Langenegger, Hungarian Krisztofer Meszaros, Australia&#x27;s Jesse Moore, the Netherland&#x27;s Casimir Schmidt and Frank Rijken, Kazakh Milad Karimi, Brazil&#x27;s Diogo Soares, Canada&#x27;s Felix Dolci and Rene Cournoyer, and Germany&#x27;s Nils Dunkel. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zhang had a qualifying score of 88.597 as against Yulo&#x27;s 83.631. 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<p>Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo returns to action on Wednesday at the Bercy Arena in Paris to vie in the first of his three finals events in men's artistic gymnastics -- the individual all-around.</p>

Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo returns to action on Wednesday at the Bercy Arena in Paris to vie in the first of his three finals events in men's artistic gymnastics -- the individual all-around.

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