Asian Games: PH finishes sixth in men’s gymnastics team final

The Philippine representatives for men’s gymnastics in the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games. Photo from Gymnastics Association of the Philippines

The Philippines finished sixth in the men’s artistic gymnastics team final of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games after tallying a total of 227.359, Wednesday at the Rainbow Hall of the Nagoya General Gymnasium.

After six rotations, the Yulo brothers-led squad missed the podium, as China clinched another gold with 255.095, as host Japan settled for silver with 254.026, and Chinese Taipei completed the podium finishers with 239.896.

Carlos Yulo, the country’s first two-time Olympic gold medalist, scored the highest in all of rotations for Team Philippines, notching 14.266 in floor exercise to top the apparatus, with his brother Eldrew posting 13.000 for 14th, while Justine Ace de Leon had 10.933, finishing 22nd.

The elder Yulo was fourth in vault (14.566) and tied for fifth in parallel bars (14.166), and was ninth in rings (13.333).

Eldrew’s next impressive score was in horizontal bar, scoring 13.166 for ninth.