Karl Eldrew Yulo eyes second gold at gymnastics World Cup Series

KARL ELDREW YULO continued to preserve family tradition as he earned a second apparatus finals seat in the horizontal bar of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday.

The 18-year-old younger brother of Olympic and world champion Carlos was third among the eight finalists after registering a score of 13.466.

Another Filipino in Juancho Miguel Besana missed the cut after winding up 10th with a 12.233.

The day before, Mr. Yulo made the floor exercise finals after winding up fifth in the qualifying round with a 13.900.

The horizontal bar finals is set Monday while the floor exercise was being played as of this writing.

Mr. Yulo was hoping to snare a second gold after capturing one in floor exercise in Antalya, Turkey last month. — Joey Villar