Yulo places fourth in his pet floor exercise at World Championships

THE PHILIPPINES’ Carlos Yulo finished fourth in his pet floor exercise at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium Saturday that ended his streak of medal rampage in the annual event.

Mr. Yulo amassed 14.500, which was only good enough for fourth in the event dominated by chief rival Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, the Olympic champion who scored a 14.866.

Japanese Kazuki Minami took the silver with a 14.666 while Kazakh Milad Karimi the bronze with a 14.600.

It was the first time Mr. Yulo did not take home a medal in the last four editions of the Worlds.

He had a floor exercise bronze in Doha in 2018, a floor exercise gold in Stuttgart, Germany the next year, a vault gold and parallel bars silver in Kitakyushu, Japan in 2021 and a vault silver and a parallel bars bronze in Liverpool, England a year ago.

But if there’s any consolation, Mr. Yulo had already booked a slot to next year’s Paris Olympics being the highest ranked eligible gymnast in the qualifying round of the same apparatus where he finished third less than a week ago.

Mr. Yulo joined pole-vaulter and Hangzhou Asian Games gold winner EJ Obiena, fellow gymnast Aleah Finnegan and boxer Eumir Felix Marcial. — Joey Villar