Philippines brings home first gold medal for Southeast Asia at 2024 Paris Olympics

(Dan Tri) - The Philippines is the first representative of Southeast Asia to win a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics on the 8th day of competition in the men's individual artistic gymnastics event.

The athlete who brought home the precious gold medal for the Philippine sports delegation was Carlos Yulo, when he scored 15,000 points in the final of the men's individual artistic floor performance in gymnastics.

The men's individual artistic gymnastics floor performance helped Carlos Yulo bring home a gold medal for the Philippine sports delegation on the evening of August 3 (Photo: Getty).

Carlos Yulo helps Southeast Asia win its first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Photo: Reuters).

The Filipino athlete defeated the defending champion Artem Dolgopyat, the Israeli athlete who was 34 points behind him (total score of 14,966) and only won the silver medal (HCB). Meanwhile, the British athlete, Jake Jarman won the bronze medal (HCBD) with 14,933 points. Carlos Yulo's aforementioned gold medal helped him become the second athlete from the Philippines to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games. Previously, female athlete Hidilyn Diaz won a gold medal in the 55kg weightlifting category at the Tokyo Olympics 3 years ago. Carlos Yulo's gold medal is both the first gold medal and the first medal that a country in the Southeast Asian region won at the 2024 Paris Olympics after 8 days of competition. This gold medal also helped the Philippines rise to 32nd place in the medal table and become one of 39 sports delegations to win gold medals at the Paris Olympics. The 2024 Paris Olympics also witnessed 58 sports delegations winning medals, and in Southeast Asia alone, as of 10:00 p.m. on August 3 (Vietnam time), only the Philippines has won a medal.

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