THE House of Representatives yesterday conferred on gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo the Congressional Medal of Excellence, the highest award given to Filipino achievers in the fields of sports, business, medicine, science, and arts and culture.
Lawmakers adopted House Resolution (HR) No. 1864 introduced by Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio Gonzales Jr., Deputy Speaker David Suarez, Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos and Tingog party-list Reps. Yedda Romualdez and Jude Acidre.
“Caloy Yulo is truly one of the greatest Filipino athletes of all time, earning the country not only one but two gold medals in the Olympics,” Romualdez said after the plenary adopted the measure in consolidation with other resolutions.
Aside from the conferment of the Congressional Medal of Excellence, HR 1864 also congratulates Yulo, who clinched gold medals in the men’s artistic gymnastics floor exercise and men’s vault apparatus at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France.
“Fondly called ‘Caloy’ by his family and friends, Carlos Edriel Yulo redeemed a remarkable victory and captured the gold medal in the floor exercise with a historic score of 15.000 points, dethroning Tokyo Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel and besting Jake Jarman of Great Britain,” the resolution read.
“The stellar routine performance of Carlos Edriel Yulo in the final vault events with a total score of 15.116 overtook Armenia’s Artur Davtyan and Great Britain’s Harry Hepworth,” it added.
