Yulo amazes in Qatar

MANILA, Philippines — It wasn’t the medal color Caloy Yulo yearned for.

But striking a silver and a bronze in addition to a gold medal, Yulo came through with an amazing feat in the Doha, Qatar leg of the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series.

The 22-year-old Filipino star claimed first runner-up honors in parallel bars and snatched a vault bronze that went with his top-podium finish in floor exercise.

Yulo scored 14.933 to cop the silver in the parallel bars topped by Ukrainian Illia Kovtun (14.966) and had 14.833 to claim the bronze in the vault ruled by Armenian Artur Davtyan (15.083).

Those podium finishes completed an impressive haul highlighted by Yulo’s golden feat in floor exercise where he blew away the field with a magnificent 14.833 Friday.

In parallel bars, Yulo gained improvement from a bronze showing in the kickoff leg in Cottbus, Germany less than a week ago.

And the pocket-sized dynamo from Leveriza in Manila is expected to shoot for more as he’s scheduled to see action in the final two legs of the series in Baku, Azerbaijan slated March 9 to 12 and Cairo, Egypt set April 27 to 30.

These events are part of Yulo’s preparation for next year’s Paris Olympics where he will shoot for nothing less than a breakthrough gold.