Double Gold! Carlos Yulo Wins Floor and Vault at the Asian Games in Two Days

Carlos Yulo did it again. After winning floor exercise gold on Thursday, he took the vault title on Friday, giving the Philippines its first two golds at the 2026 Asian Games.

Kulay News TeamEditorial Team

Sep 25, 20261 min readUpdated Oct 12, 5:15 PM

A gymnast performing on the floor — Carlos Yulo won floor exercise and vault golds at the Asian Games.

Key Facts

Carlos Yulo won floor exercise gold on September 24.
He won vault gold on September 25 with an average of 14.599.
Iran's Mahdi Olfati (14.533) and Hong Kong's Ng Ka Ki (14.116) completed the vault podium.
Filipino Juancho Miguel Besana placed fifth in vault.
The Philippines had 2 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronzes after Yulo's win.

Two days, two golds. Carlos Yulo is that guy.

Day 1: Floor

On Thursday, September 24, Yulo won the men's floor exercise, giving the Philippines its first gold of the 2026 Asian Games.

Day 2: Vault

Then on Friday, September 25, he came back and won the men's vault.

His scores:

First vault: 14.733
Second vault: 14.466
Average: 14.599

The podium

Gold: Carlos Yulo (Philippines), 14.599
Silver: Mahdi Olfati (Iran), 14.533
Bronze: Ng Ka Ki (Hong Kong), 14.116

Shoutout to Juancho Miguel Besana, who also made the final and finished fifth.

Medal count

After Yulo's double, the Philippines had two golds, one silver and four bronzes. The goal is to beat the four golds from Hangzhou 2023, and the Games run until October 4.

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