CARLOS “CALOY” YULO is close to fulfilling his vow after advancing to the men’s floor exercise final in the second leg of the International Gymnastics Federation Artistic World Cup Series at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday.
The Tokyo Olympian and two-time world champion Yulo tallied14.500 points to place second in the qualification round only .100 behind Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel.
Great British Luke Whitehouse garnered 14.166 to be at No. 3.
Yulo’s performance on the floor in Doha was far better that Cottbus, where he didn’t make the final with 14.500 that was good for 18th place.
The final is set on Friday with Yulo also hoping to qualify for the finals of vault and parallel bars—where he clinched a bronze medal in the previous leg in Germany.
Yulo also competed in the rings but crashed out of the race for the final with 14.166 points at 11th place.
The Cottbus and Doha legs are two of four qualifying legs for the September world championships in Antwerp where slots to the Paris 2024 Olympics are at stake.
The moves to Baku (Azerbaijan) from March 9 to 12 and Cairo (Egypt) for the final leg from April 27 to 30. The Belgium world championships are from September 30 to October 8.