By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA
Carlos Yulo produced mixed results and finished eighth overall in the all-around finals of the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, England Friday, Nov. 4 (early Saturday in Manila).
The 22-year-old Yulo did very well in his pet event of floor exercise and so was in parallel bars but fared badly in other events to miss the podium after tallying only 82.098 points.
Reigning Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto expectedly copped the gold with 87.198.
China’s Zhang Boheng (86.765) and Japan’s Wataru Tanigawa (85.231) bagged the silver and bronze, respectively.
Yulo, who finished a strong third in Monday’s qualifiers, started strong by topping the floor exercise with 15.166.
He slightly improved in pommel horse but still fell at 19th out of 24 qualifiers with 11.900, while finishing sixth in still rings (13.800).
He struggled with his new routine in vault by finishing 15th with 14.166 but returned with a flawless performance in parallel bars, where he surprisingly ruled the field with 15.166.
He capped off the event with a 22nd place finish in high bar (11.900).
Yulo continues his search for gold medals when he competes in the floor exercise Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. PH time), as well as in vault and parallel bars on Sunday, Nov. 6 also at 1:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. PH time).
