Tokyo Olympics veteran Carlos Yulo is back with a bang.
Yulo made his presence felt by advancing to the finals of three events at the Japanese Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu.
The 21-year-old Yulo took the lead in the men’s floor exercise with 15.166 points to advance to the finals on Saturday.
He likewise emerged as a frontrunner in the parallel bars (15.566), while finishing third in the vault prelims with 14.808 — with both events' finals happening on Sunday.
"I wanted to step up my game. I didn't want to make the same mistakes (as at the Olympics)," said Yulo in a statement on the tournament’s official website.
Yulo is in the company of two reigning world champions, who had mixed fortunes.
Ibrahim Colak of Turkey qualified for the rings final in a three-way tie for third place.
On the other hand, an error in his routine cost Arthur Nory Mariano of Brazil a place in the horizontal bar final.
Olympic champion Hashimoto Daiki of Japan overcame a strong challenge from China's Zhang Boheng to lead the qualifiers.
Daiki, who took the gold in Tokyo Olympics All-Around, came up with a commanding performance before a supportive Japanese crowd.
The 20-year-old Daiki tallied 88.040 points and edged previous leader Zhang out of first place by 0.143.
In the women’s side, Angelina Melnikova of Russia, who was a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic team as a gold medallist, also soared to the lead Tuesday as women’s qualification ended.