Carlos Yulo has a rise and fall in the floor exercise. —JAT TENORIO / PHOTO CONTRIBUTED
Maximum mental preparation, Carlos Yulo once tripped over his floor exercise routine that even countless hours of training couldn’t fix.
The FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships gold medal hopes in Liverpool, England, were dashed by a minor error that Yulo said was “like a necklace”, for the chance to win a medal in the 51st edition of the tournament. global meeting. has been reduced to two events.
“[My routine] was hit by my first flip, and then it was like a chain, you can’t stop it,” Yulo said after scoring 13,300 to finish seventh being defeated in the finals floor finish.
“I don’t play like I did in practice. It’s a bit too soft. I felt like I couldn’t do it, but I managed to fix it during the landing,” Yulo said. “I am really disappointed, obviously. Yesterday was fine, I hit it [in the all-around]. But today I have the feeling that I have lost it myself. ”
Great Britain’s Giarnni Regini-Moran dominated the event with 14,533 points and Japan’s Hashimoto Daiki took silver with 14,500 points a day after the Olympic champion asserted his mastery in the all-around content. male.
Ryosuke Doi, also of Japan, won bronze with a record of 14,266.
Yulo is now setting her sights on the arch and tandem bar final, where the 4-foot-11 from Leveriza in Manila is the defending champion in vault and won a silver medal in last year’s parallel subject in the world was held in Kitakyushu, Japan.
“I’m a little bit down on what happened today, but I’ll review what I’ve done and build momentum again,” said Yulo, who finished eighth in today’s all-boys event. Saturday said.
Yulo ranks second in vault rankings and fourth in parallel bars classification.
“There are a lot of areas where I can still improve,” Yulo said.
“I’m sorry I lost, but maybe I’ll learn from here despite my form. I want to come back stronger next year.” INQ
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