Karl Eldrew Yulo bags four golds in Bangkok meet

MANILA, Philippines — Karl Eldrew Yulo led the way for the Philippine pre-junior and junior gymnasts 3rd JRC Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

Yulo harvested a total of four gold medals in the three-day tilt which ended on Sunday, besting his three from last year's edition of the tournament.

This year, the 16-year-old ruled the Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) Junior individual all-around event, floor Exercise, still Rings, and vault events.

He added a silver medal each in the parallel bars and all-around team event for a personal haul of six medals.

The other Filipino multi-gold medalists in the competition are Jacob Alvarez, Andrei De Leon, Prince Sumabal, Chelsea Lynn Hong, and Ma. Elizabeth Medina.

Alvarez topped the individual all-around, vault, floor exercise, horizontal bars, and events still rings in the MAG pre-junior division.

De Leon and Sumabal snared two golds each in the 'Australian Level Competitions' (ALC) MAG level 3.

Hong picked up three golds in the ALC women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) level 2 while Medina bagged two golds in the WAG level four.

The Philippines also topped the WAG ALC level 4 team event.

Overall, the Philippine pre-junior and junior teams raked a total of 34 medals -- 21 golds, nine silvers, and four bronzes.

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