Carlos Yulo wins parallel bars gold in Azerbaijan leg of Gymnastics World Cup

FILE PHOTO. Artistic Gymnastics – Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, Britain – November 6, 2022 Philippines’ Carlos Edriel Yulo reacts after his routine on the men’s apparatus final vault REUTERS/Phil Noble

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Filipino Olympian Carlos Yulo reigned in the parallel bars finals of the Azerbaijan leg of the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series in Baku on Saturday.

Yulo scored 15.400 to bag the gold, followed by Ukraine’s Kovtun Illia (15.366) and France’s Bernard Cameron-Lie with 14.600.

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Parallel Bars final at the 2023 World Cup in Baku ????????:

????Carlos Yulo ???????? 15.400
????Illia Kovtun ???????? 15.366
????Cameron Lie-Bernard ???????? 14.600#FIGWorldCup #Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/Y373m1Z9Sz

— FIG (@gymnastics) March 11, 2023

The Filipino gymnast, however, did not make it to the podium in the still rings final as he placed seventh with 14.166.

Still Rings final at the 2023 World Cup in Baku ????????:

????Nikita Simonov ???????? 14.633
????Mahdi Ahmad Kohani ???????? 14.500
????Vinzenz Hoeck ???????? 14.433 #FIGWorldCup #Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/1AK2xeq0oL

— FIG (@gymnastics) March 11, 2023

In the Cottbus leg of the series, Yulo bagged a bronze in parallel bars, while he had a silver in the same apparatus in the Doha leg. Yulo also won a gold in floor and bronze in vault in Doha.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA Integrated News