Manila, Philippines—Thousands of shrieking fans jammed the streets of the Philippine capital Manila on Wednesday in a celebratory homecoming parade for Paris Olympics double gold medalist Carlos Yulo.
CELEBRATION. Carlos Yulo, Paris 2024 Olympic Games double gold medalist in gymnastics, proudly waves the Philippine flag on a float as thousands cheered him and his fellow Olympians during a homecoming parade in Manila. Among those who turned out to greet Yulo was his father who made sure he would be noticed by his son by putting out a streamer with the words ‘Caloy, your dad is here!.
By winning the men’s floor exercises and vault, the diminutive Yulo tripled the country’s overall Olympic gold medal haul to three. Growing up in a poor neighborhood in Manila, Yulo’s journey showed that hard work and persistence pays in a world where the privileged often get a head start. Battling homesickness, the formidable language barrier, and strenuous training, he left the country for Japan at 16 to train under Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya to pursue his dream of becoming a world-class athlete.
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