Golden boy strikes again: Carlos Yulo defends floor exercise gold in Asian championships

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For the fourth straight year, Carlos Yulo lands as the Asian Artistic Gymnastics floor exercise champion - the first since his landmark Olympic gold medal in his longtime pet event

MANILA, Philippines – The golden boy shines again on a familiar throne.

Filipino superstar gymnast Carlos Yulo showed no rust from a 10-month layoff in active competition as he ruled the floor exercise apparatus final with apparent ease at the 2025 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jecheon, South Korea, on Saturday, June 7.

The reigning Olympic champion in both floor exercise and vault, Yulo carried momentum from his all-around bronze win last Thursday, June 5, and barreled to an early standings lead in the floor final with an excellent 14.600 total, after amping up the pressure as the third performer out of eight finalists.

The 25-year-old sensation garnered event-high marks of 5.7 for difficulty and 8.8 for execution, laced with a 0.1 connection value bonus (seamless incorporation of skills) and no penalties for the early runaway lead, before Kazakhstan’s Milad Karimi nudged into a close second-place mark of 14.400.

Local bet Geonyoung Moon fed off the home crowd’s energy to also crack the 14-point barrier and complete the podium with a bronze-winning total of 14.033.

This marks a successful title defense for Yulo, who won four golds — all-around, floor, vault, and parallel bars — in last year’s Asian Championships in Uzbekistan and now rises to a title four-peat in floor.

While already qualified for the World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, this October due to the fact that that the worlds are open for everyone immediately after the Olympics, Yulo is still determined to gauge his improvement through the Asian Championships as he ramps up back to form.

The most bemedalled Filipino Olympian in history returns to action later in the afternoon after the floor and pommel horse finals, as he proves his worth in the finale of still rings — a weaker discipline for Yulo throughout his illustrious career. – Rappler.com