MANILA – Gymnast Carlos Yulo easily dominated the floor exercise event. He captured his second gold medal in the 30th Southeast Asian Games late afternoon yesterday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Yulo, who qualified for the floor exercise event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was dominant in his pet event. He tallied 14.700 points, 0.050 higher than his Olympic qualification points.
The 19-year-old had a difficulty score of 6.200 and execution score of 8.500.
The 2017 SEA Games gold medal winner, Reyland Capellan, landed at fifth.
Yulo, however, settled for a runner up finish in the pommel horse event with 13.233 points, behind Malaysian Fu Jie Tan who copped the gold with 13.96.
He also landed on second place in the still rings event with Vietnam emerging on top by a hairline.
Yulo is yet to compete in the parallel bars, horizontal bar, and vault events today.
Meanwhile, Filipina weightlifter Elreen Ann Ando was denied a second gold medal in weightlifting. She fell short by a kilo in the women’s 64 kg category last night.
Ando’s defeat was controversial. Her final lift in the clear and jerk, which could have won her the gold medal, was ruled as a “no lift” as she made the lift as the time expired.
On the other hand, Filipina wushu star Agatha Wong delivered her second gold medal yesterday morning by ruling the women’s taijijian event with 9.65 points.
The trio of Johnzenth Gajo, Jones Inso, and Thornton Sayan was not able to follow Wong’s feat. They settled for a bronze medal finish in the taolu duilian event with a score of 9.49.
Rodel Labayo and Angelo Morales delivered a gold medal for Team Philippines in lawn bowls pair by defeating Thailand’s Woramet Singkaew and Uthen Ontong, 19-11, in the finals.
The trio of Elmer Abatayo, Hommer Mercado and Christopher Dagpin settled for a silver medal, same with the quartet of Marisa Baranda, Sharon Hauters, Hazel Jaconoy and Rosita Bradborn, while Nenita Tabiano, and Vilma Greenlees won bronze.
In kurash, Bianca Mae Estrella finished with a silver medal while Al Rolan Llamas, Lloyd Catipon, Sydney Sy, Helen Dawa, and Rick Jayson Senales took home bronze medals each.
In arnis, Crisamuel Delfin, Mary Allin Aldeguer and Abegail Abad captured a gold medal each while Mark David Puzon and Ryzza Jezzel Sanchez ended with silver medal each.
Margareth Colonia finished with silver in weightlifting, while Nestor Colonia settled for bronze. Celedonio Tayao nabbed a silver medal in shooting and Mary Francine Padios also had silver in pencak silat.
In fencing, Christian Jhester Concepcion settled for a silver medal finish in the men’s individual sabre event, while Samantha Kyle Catantan finished with bronze in women’s individual foil.
The Philippines is currently on top of the medal standings with 47 golds, 28 silvers and 16 bronze medals, followed by Vietnam with 22-26-24, Malaysia with 13-3-11, Indonesia 12-18-17, Thailand 7-13-19 and Singapore with 7-10-12./PN
