Gymnast: Karl Eldrew Yulo bags 8 gold medals in Chiu Wai Chung Cup

Karl Eldrew Yulo did not stop on the medal hunt after winning eight gold medals in the recently concluded 2024 Chiu Wai Chung Cup in Hong Kong.

Yulo dominated the eight individual and team events. He first won the individual all-around before successively winning all six apparatuses: floor exercise, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar, pommel horse and still rings, which the junior men’s artistic gymnastics team relied on to lead the team event.

Yulo's victory was part of the 14 gold, six silver and five bronze medals that the Philippines will bring home from tournaments hosted by the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines in 2024.

Yulo is currently being trained by Japanese gymnast coach Munehiro Kugemiya, who was the former coach of his older brother, Carlos Edriel "Caloy" Yulo, who won two gold medals in the Paris Olympics last August.

Aside from Eldrew Yulo, the senior men's artistic gymnastics team also won the gold medal in the team event.

Miguel Besana won three gold medals in the seniors individual all-around, floor exercise and pommel horse, while Justine Ace De Leon led the way in the still rings and parallel bars mints.

Besana also won three silver medals in the rings, parallel bars and vault, and a bronze in the horizontal bar. De Leon also came home with a bronze in the vault.

Among the other medalists are Hilarion Palles III for pommel horse bronze, parallel bars bronze, John Matthew Vergara for horizontal bar silver, parallel bars bronze, Jhon Romeo Santillan for floor exercise silver and Jan Gwynn Timbang for pommel horse silver.