Eldrew Yulo caps impressive year with 8-gold sweep in Hong Kong tiff

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Eldrew Yulo wins eight gold medals at the Chiu Wai Chung Cup junior division in Hong Kong contributing to the Philippines’ 25-gold sweep.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/sports/eldrew-yulo-caps-impressive-year-golden-sweep-chiu-wai-chung-cup-hong-kong-december-2024/

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00:00Eldrew Yulo wins 8 gold medals at the Chuwai Chung Cup Junior Division in Hong Kong, contributing

00:05to the Philippines' 25-gold sweep.

00:08Yulo takes home medals for Team All-Around, Individual All-Around, Floor Exercise, Vault,

00:13Parallel Bars, Horizontal Bar, Pommel Horse, and Still Rings.

00:17Only 16 years old, Yulo is seen as the next great Filipino gymnastics prospect after his

00:22older brother Carlos won two gold medals in the Paris Olympics in August.

00:26In May, the younger Yulo clinched the junior vault gold in the Men's Artistic Gymnastics

00:31Asian Championships in Uzbekistan.

00:33He also took home four golds and two silvers from the JRC Artistic Gymnastics Stars Championships

00:38in Thailand in November.

00:40Meantime, the Philippines also topped the Team All-Around at the senior level.

00:44The Philippines won 14 golds in total to go with six silvers and five bronzes.

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