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Carlos Yulo
Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo (born February 16, 2000) is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Olympic gold medalist at the Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's floor, floor exercise and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's vault, vault events. He is the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with his floor exercise bronze medal finish in 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018, as well as the first Filipino and Southeast Asian to achieve a gold medal finish for the same criteria in 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2019 at the same event. With multiple medals on the international stage, Yulo is the second person to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines, the first person to win multiple Olympic gold medals for the country, and the first Southeast Asian athlete to win multiple gold medals at the Olympic Games. Yulo is a two-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malate, Manila
Malate is a district of Manila, Philippines. Together with the district of Ermita, Manila, Ermita, it serves as Manila's center for commerce and tourism. Etymology The name ''Malate'' is derived from a corruption of the Tagalog language, Tagalog word ''maalat'' ("salty"). The name likely referred to the brackish waters, where the river estuary (in today's Malate Estero) meets the bay. Antonio de Morga, writing in his 1609 ''Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas'': "Manila has two drives for recreation. One is by land, along the point called Nuestra Señora de Guia. It extends for about a legua along the shore and is very clean and level. Thence it passes through a native street and settlement, called Bagunbayan, to a chapel, much frequented by the devout, called Nuestra Señora de Guia, and continues for a goodly distance further to a monastery and mission-house of the Augustinians, called Mahalat." José Rizal, who republished Morga's account, later annotated: "Better, Maalat. The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
