Phl gymnastics ‘Dream Team’ in the works?
CARLOS Yulo, Eldrew Yulo, Miguel Besana and Jake Jarman are being eyed to compete in the men’s all-around team event of the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
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A “Dream Team” featuring Paris Olympics hero Carlos Yulo will be assembled to represent the country in the next edition of the Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion revealed her plan to DAILY TRIBUNE, saying that she wants to sustain the momentum brought by the victories of Yulo in the floor exercise and vault apparatus of the Paris Games over the weekend.
To realize her goal, she is looking to form a rock-solid team composed of Yulo, his younger brother Eldrew, Miguel Besana and Filipino-British Jake Jarman that will compete in the men’s team all-around event of the LA Games four years from now.
“I hope this could be the start of something good in Philippine gymnastics,” Carrion said in a telephone conversation from the French capital.
Eldrew Yulo
“We still have a lot of talent in the pipeline and I assure you that we will have a strong team in LA. I’m planning to form a team of Caloy, Eldrew, Besana and Jarman, if possible, well, it depends whether the British will release him.”
She said the squad will train hard for two years before fielding them in the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya in 2026.
“The Asian Games will serve as their first test. It’s going to be held in Japan so they can test their skills against the Japanese, who are the Olympic champions,” Carrion added.
The 16-year-old Eldrew is considered as the next big thing in Philippine gymnastics.
Miguel Besana
In fact, he led the national squad with five gold medals in the Pacific Rim Championships held in Cali, Colombia last May.
Prior to that, he won seven gold medals in Batang Pinoy in 2023.
By the time the LA Olympics unfold, he will already be 20 and ripe to join his older brother in the team that aims to give Olympic champion Japan, China and the United States a run for their money.
The 20-year-old Besana is also a rising star.
He announced his arrival with a gold medal in the vault apparatus of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games under the guidance of noted Japanese coaches Munehiro Kugimiya and Jumpei Konno with local mentor Reyland Capellan providing inputs.
