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MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Olympic double gold medalist Carlos Yulo will not be participating in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games, Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion said.
In a message to Philstar.com, Carrion confirmed reports that Yulo will be sitting out the Thailand games.
The news came after organizers ruled that gymnasts could only compete in one apparatus.
“The competitions of SEA Games is not for the athletes but for the country and how many medals they can get. It should be a festive occasion for us,” she told Philstar.com.
“Carlos wants to give his teammates [a] chance to win in as much as only one apparatus they can win,” she added.
Yulo, who ruled the floor exercise and vault in the Paris Olympics, has won nine gold medals and nine silver medals in the biennial meet.
After he bagged five gold medals in the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam, he copped two golds in the all-around and parallel bars events, as well as two silvers for team and still rings, in the 2023 edition in Cambodia.
Carrion also said the “saddest part” is that there is no team competition this time around.
“[It] is the most exciting and we have a big chance to win like we did in Vietnam,” she said.
The Philippines won seven gold, four silver and three bronze medals in Hanoi in 2022.
The following year in Phnom Penh, the country once again finished second in the medal count with four gold, two silver and two silver medals.
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