President Marcos congratulated Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo for clinching the gold medal in the men’s floor exercises on Saturday at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Winner Philippines' Carlos Edriel Yulo bites his medal as he celebrates during the podium ceremony competes in the artistic gymnastics men's floor exercise final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 3, 2024.
In a Facebook post, the President lauded the 24-year-old’s historic performance. Yulo becomes the first male athlete to win the gold medal for the Philippines in gymnastics and the second Filipino to achieve such feat after weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who won in the Tokyo 2020 games. “We’ve witnessed history as Carlos Yulo clinched the Philippines’ first 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 medal in artistic gymnastics at the 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨. I am confident that it will not be the last,” President Marcos said.
“Congratulations, Caloy! The entire country stands proud with you!” he added in his post with the gold medal, Philippine flag, and applause emojis. Yulo has a chance to add another medal in his successful Paris 2024 journey as he is scheduled to compete in the men’s vault finals this Sunday, August 4, at 10:24 p.m. Philippine time.
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