The Philippine dancesport team continued to deliver after raking in four more gold medals and two silvers in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, May 16.
Filipino dancers Sean Mischa Aranar (left) and Ana Leonilla Manalo Nualla compete in the dancesport standard event during t
The Philippines continued its medal rampage at the 31st Southeast Asian Games on Monday, May 16, 2022, anchored on victories from gymnast Carlos Yulo, the dancesport team and bowler Merwin Tan in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Carlos Yulo competes in vault en route to winning the gold medal. (POC-PSC Images
HANOI - Carlos Yulo completed a five-gold romp while dancesport scored four rousing victories Monday as the Philippines came up with its best performance yet in the 31st Southeast Asian Games here, going on a 10-gold medal rush to stay on the coattails of Thailand in their heated battle for second overall. Yulo, 22, triumphed in the apparatus where he is the reigning world champion, dominating the vault finals and adding a surprise gold in the horizontal bars as he ended his stint here with a shot at becoming the best male athlete. After wowing the crowd at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace with a runaway victory in the vault where he scored 14.700 points, Yulo returned hours later and tied for first in the horizontal bars with Ding Phuong Thanh of Vietnam, both scoring 13.867 points. The horizonal gold was the fifth gold medal by Yulo, counting his earlier victories in the men's all-around, floor exercise, and rings, on top of silver medal finishes in the men's team event and parall