PARIS — Carlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men’s floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning Philippines their first ever Olympic medal in gymnastics.
With a powerful, clean routine where he stuck most of his landings, the 24-year-old scored 15.000 points, edging out Tokyo champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel by just 0.034 of a point.
Britain’s Jake Jarman took the bronze with 14.933 points.
Yulo’s gold medal is only the second-ever top prize won by the Philippines across both the Summer and Winter Games. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz struck gold in Tokyo three years ago.
—Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim, Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karen Braun and Rory Carroll, editing by Pritha Sarkar
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