Karl Eldrew Yulo settles for seventh in Gymnastics World Cup Series in Croatia

KARL ELDREW YULO was slowed down by foot issues and fatigue and finished only seventh in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series in Osijek, Croatia over the weekend.

The 18-year-old younger brother of world and Olympic champion Carlos managed just 13.600 and failed to make it to the podium this time.

Former Olympic gold winner Artem Dolgopyat of Israel topped the event with a 14.500 while Briton Harry Hepworth and another Israeli Noam Berkovich copped the silver and bronze with a 14.433 and 14.000, respectively.

Exhaustion may have also played a big part in Mr. Yulo’s performance dip as he had competed in four series legs where he had hauled a total of one gold in Antalya, Turkey last month and a pair of bronzes in Cairo, Egypt less than a week ago.

Mr. Yulo hopes the pain eases a bit as he was shooting for a medal in the horizontal bar finals as of this writing. — Joey Villar