Filipino gymnast Carlo Yulo, who gained two gold medals within the Paris Olympics, arrives in Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday, Aug 13, 2024. (AP Photograph/Joeal Calupitan)
MANILA, Philippines — Paris Olympics two-time gold medalist Carlos Yulo thanked Filipinos who stayed up late to observe their video games and competitions, saying that the athletes’ victory is the entire nation’s win, too.
In a brief message on the Congressional Reception for members of the Philippine delegation on Wednesday, Yulo thanked those that constantly prayed for his or her success on the just lately concluded Olympics.
“Maraming, maraming salamat po sa lahat po na nagdasal po [para] sa amin, at sumuporta, nagpuyat po para mapanood po ‘yong mga competitions namin at ma-appreciate po ‘yong hardwork at lahat ng paghihirap namin na ma-perform po ng maayos ‘yong efficiency namin,” Yulo mentioned on the program contained in the Batasang Pambansa advanced.
(Thanks very a lot to everybody who prayed for our success, those that supported us, those that stayed up late to observe us compete, and those that appreciated our laborious work and hardships in order that we will carry out correctly on the world stage.)
“Maraming, maraming salamat po sa lahat po; God bless us all. Ang panalo po namin ay panalo po nating lahat, salamat po,” he added.
(Thanks very a lot to everybody; God bless us all. Our victory is the victory of the complete nation. Thanks a lot.)
Yulo throughout this system was additionally given the Congressional Medal of Distinction, copies of a decision congratulating him, and a money grant totaling P14,010,000.
Initially, the Home of Representatives pledged P3 million per gold medal gained within the Olympics, which implies Yulo was slated to get a P6 million money grant. Nevertheless, program hosts introduced that lawmakers raised an extra P8,010,000 for Yulo.
Yulo made historical past because the first-ever Filipino to safe two gold medals in a single Olympics, successful within the males’s inventive gymnastics finals and the lads’s vault finals.
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Equally, bronze medalists Nesty Petecio and Aira Villegas, who competed within the girls’s 57-kilogram boxing occasion and the ladies’s 50-kilogram boxing occasion, respectively, acquired P2.5 million every from the Home lawmakers.
All athletes from the Philippine delegation will obtain P500,000.
Except for the Home’s money present, Yulo and different athletes have acquired pledges from non-public firms and authorities firms. Final August 6, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Company (Pagcor) mentioned that they’re mandated by legislation to offer a money grant of P10 million per gold medal gained at an Olympics.
This implies, Pagcor Chairperson Al Tengco mentioned, that Yulo would get P20 million.
READ: Carlos Yulo will get P10M per Olympic gold medal – Pagcor
Equally, coaches and trainers of all gold medal winners within the 2024 Paris Olympics will get a P5 million incentive per medal.
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