SPARKLING FINISH
Yulo, gymnasts shine; Ubas, Salvino bag golds

TANG CHHIN SOTHY/ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CARLOS Yulo flaunts his might in the parallel bars apparatus to collect his second gold medal in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The vaunted gymnastics team capped its campaign with a sparkling performance as it chipped in three gold medals that powered Team Philippines on Tuesday in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games at the Marquee Tent inside the National Olympic Stadium here.
After clinching the gold medal in men's all-around on Monday, Carlos Yulo stormed back, ruling parallel bars while clinching the silver in still rings to underscore the country's dominance in this sport that has been serving as a goldmine for the past three editions of the biennial meet.
Also providing a ray of sunshine for the Filipinos was Janry Ubas, who clinched the gold medal after registering 7.85 meters in men's long jump event.
'I did everything I can do and did my best. As long as I did my routines cleanly, I'm happy.'
Teia Salvino added another mint as she ruled women's 100-meter backstroke in record-breaking fashion of one minute and 1.64 seconds.
Yulo, a two-time world champion, tallied 14.850 points to rule parallel bars over Phuong Thanh Dinh of Vietnam (14.400 points) and Ng Chun Chen of Singapore (13.100 points).
Prior to that, he settled for silver in still rings with 14.000 points behind Van Khanh of Vietnam (14.200 points) and ahead of Ally Hamuda Abdullah of Malaysia (13.000 points).
Yulo said he drew inspiration from the golden performance of John Ivan Cruz and Juancho Miguel Besana who ruled floor exercise and vault events, respectively.
He said he is very satisfied with his haul of two gold and two silver medals despite the decision of the organizers of limiting his event to only two apparatuses.
"I did everything I can do and did my best. As long as I did my routines cleanly, I'm happy," said Yulo, who already has a total of nine gold medals since joining the SEA Games in 2019.
"I felt the challenge when Ivan and Juancho won their gold medals and I really wanted to get a gold medal to so that at least we get to take home three gold medals."
