YULO siblings, Karl Eldrew and Elaiza, got to meet two gymnastics’ greats during their 10-day training camp in Japan with Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya.
The were visited by 2024 Paris Olympics’ triple-gold medalist Shinnosuke Oka and Takaaki Sugino, a member of the Japan squad that won the gold medal in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastic team competitions.
Oka was the Olympic all-around champion, horizontal bar gold winner and the parallel bars’ bronze medalist in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics.
With Sugino, Oka earned the gold medal for Team Japan in the Paris Olympics 2024.
Oka and Sugino were present during one of their sessions at the Tsukahara training center, where their Kuya Carlos Yulo used to train for many years before his stints in the Tokyo and the Paris Olympics.
The two young gymnasts flew to Japan last week to train and spend time for almost two weeks with Kugimiya, heir older brother, Paris Olympics’ double-gold medalist’s former coach.
They were accompanied to the camp by artistics’ gymnastics coach Michael Sumabal.
Officials of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) are preparing the two for future international meets.
GAP was hoping that the presence of Oka and Sugino at the camp will hopefully provide inspiration to the two youngsters.
Two weeks ago, their elder brother visited places in Japan that were part of his Olympic journey, which started when he trained under Kugimiya when he was just 16.
