2 days Ago By Josef Ramos
THE extended celebration continues for Carlos Yulo and although he would like to take a break, the double Olympic gold medalist says there’s nothing really to complain about. Six weeks after winning the floor exercise and vault in the Pais Olympics, Yulo still has meetings with government officials and friends in the private sector lined up. “All my activities since I won the two Olympic gold medals a few weeks ago still up to now.
I guess all my activities will run up to next month or maybe by November,” the 24-year-old first ever Filipino double Olympic gold medalist told BusinessMirror. “I want a day or a week that I can rest in my condominium unit, but that is hard at the moment.” Although works out at home and gets to hit the gym every now and then, Yulo is already planning to do some serious gymnastics training soon.
He noted that big events are set soon—next year. “Late this year or by December, I will fully go back to serious intense training at the gym to prepare for next year’s big battles like the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand and World Championships,” Yulo added. Yulo went to Malacañang Palace to meet President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
and his first family after his arrival in Manila from Paris last month before spending few days in Newport Hotel, attending the House of Representatives call and the Senate. He attended last week a Toyota event in Paris, France along with the Filipino Paralympians. Just a few days after arriving from Paris, Yulo was given P10 million by the International Container Terminal Services Inc.
(ICTSI) at Solaire Resort and Casino. He is expected to rake in about P90 million in cash incentives aside from other rewards for winning in the Olympics. “There are still events to go to, and I don’t know when it will be over,” the Southeast Asian Games many-time gold winner and Asian champion said.
“If I get a vacation, I would love to visit Palawan and some of the beaches here.” On the first day of October, Yulo and Gymnastics Association of the Philippines President Cynthia Carrion will visit the Japanese Embassy in Makati City to meet Ambassador Endo Kazuya at a celebration dinner..
