Carlos Yulo may have failed to land a gold medal, but he will go back to his training camp in Japan overflowing with experience following a fruitful performance in the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool, England.

The 22-year-old Yulo said competing against the best gymnasts in the world, including Olympic men's all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan, Zou Jingyuan of China and Artur Davtyan of Armenia, was truly a rich and fulfilling experience as it prepared him physically, emotionally and mentally for the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Yulo put on a show in the biggest gymnastics competition in the world.

After missing the podium in the men's all-around and floor exercise events over the weekend, the Filipino dynamo bounced back as he clinched the silver medal in the men's vault and the bronze in the men's parallel bars that was held late Sunday (Manila time) at the M&S Arena.

He tallied 14.950 points behind the 30-year-old Davtyan, who clinched the gold medal with 15.500 points while Igor Radivilov of Ukraine tallied 14.733 to settle for bronze medal.

Yulo also scored 15.366 to finish third in the men's parallel bars final behind Zou Jingyuan (16.166 points) and Lukas Dauser of Germany (15.000 points).

"I was surprised going up against them," said Yulo, one of the country's brightest hopes to clinch the country's second Olympic gold medal.

"In a way, it was really good and I was able to experience this kind of competition."

He admitted that he was disappointed with his performance — especially in floor exercise and vault, which are the events that he used to rule – but he is still glad that he was able to experience competing in the big stage.

"Overall, I picked up a lot of lessons," the shy, humble kid from Leveriza area in Manila, said.