Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo reacts after competing during the men's floor exercise final at the 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta on October 24, 2025. Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP
Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo is once again a world champion.
Yulo claimed the gold medal in the men's vault final in the 53rd FIG Artistics Gymnastics World Championships, Saturday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Performing third in the final, the Filipino dynamo scored a 15.200 for his piked Dragulescu and a 14.533 for his second vault, for an average of 14.866.
His score gave him the lead but the two-time Olympic gold medalist was made to sweat by the last two competitors, who wound up joining him on the podium.
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Nazar Chepurnyi of Ukraine, the penultimate performer, scored a 14.483 behind his Dragulescu (14.466) and a Kasamatsu double twist (14.5).
Artur Davtyan of Armenia, performing last, also gained a high score for his Dragulescu (14.800), and stuck his second vault for a 14.866. His average of 14.833 was just a hair behind Yulo, however, and the Filipino held on to win the gold.
This marks Yulo's third gold medal in the world championships, having won floor exercise gold in 2019 and the vault in 2021.
He adds the vault gold to the bronze that he won in the floor exercise on Friday.
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It also continues a string of excellent results for the 25-year-old gymnast, who made history in the 2024 Paris Summer Games by winning gold in both the vault and floor exercise -- making him the first Filipino to win multiple medals in a single Olympics.