Carlos Yulo has the world admiring his artistry. His athleticism is on full display and fascinating to watch over and over again.

From the floor exercise to the vault, the Filipino gymnast executed his routines to near perfection to complete a golden double in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Yulo's magnificent performance gave the country two gold medals in quick succession. Barely 24 hours after he won the gold in floor exercise Saturday, Yulo returned to the arena Sunday night to rule the vault event in yet another display of masterful skills.

Yulo's astonishing feat sent the nation into a frenzy. This marked the best performance yet by the Philippines in the history of the Summer Games, with other athletes still competing for medals in their respective disciplines.

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history when she collected the first Olympic gold for the country in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Yulo has surpassed that accomplishment all by himself with his two-gold medal haul in Paris.

Yulo has indeed come a long way. The young kid from Leveriza Street in Malate is now a double gold Olympic winner.

He was only seven years old when Yulo started his fascination with gymnastics while watching athletes train at the famed Rizal Memorial Stadium.

At 24, Carlos Yulo displayed an extraordinary performance in the Olympics to attain sporting immortality.

This was a magical moment that will live in our memory for a long time, if not forever. It was a triumphant night that thrilled a nation hungry for sporting glory.

The stunning conquest came under the bright Paris lights as Carlos Yulo delivered a performance to remember in the gymnastics floor exercise, becoming the second Filipino to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

The diminutive Yulo executed a near-flawless routine in the finals, displaying superb strength and flexibility to score 15.000 and upstage his rivals.
For the second straight time, the Philippine national anthem was played in the quadrennial event.

Hidillyn Diaz gave the country its first-ever gold when she ruled her weightlifting category in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Now, it was Yulo's time to shine in the Paris Games. He can even make it a double, as he has also qualified in the vault apparatus finals.

What a story of redemption for Yulo. He had a disappointing finish in the Tokyo Games and parted ways with his Japanese coach last year, leaving him without a mentor as he hopped around the globe for training.

Yulo knows the world is not always sunshine and rainbows. But on this historic Saturday night, he was the golden boy of Philippine sports, whose time for greatness in the biggest show on earth has finally come.

(The author is a former commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission.)