PARIS\u2014Carlos Yulo\u2019s gold medal in floor exercise of gymnastics has validated some more what Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino called as the template for producing a Filipino Olympic and world champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaloy has again proven that a Filipino can win in the Olympics with the right ingredients and formula and through the proper process,\u201d said Tolentino on Sunday, hours before Yulo was to target a second gold medal in men\u2019s vault where he\u2019s the favorite to win from his world championships title in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cGone are the anecdotal ways of training athletes for the global stage,\u201d he said. \u201cToday, you have a platoon of coaches on your team, plus years on the production line.\u201d<\/p>\n
It took Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo four Olympics and the right formula or template to win gold in Tokyo\u2014she had a main or head coach, an assistant coach, a strength and conditioning coach, nutritionist, physiotherapist and psychologist.<\/p>\n
From an innocent wildcard in Beijing 2008, Diaz-Naranjo had to endure a \u201cNo Lift\u201d in London 2012 and got stronger four years later with her silver in Rio.<\/p>\n
She was ripe for the gold in the pandemic delayed Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaloy, basically, went through all of that, and both Caloy and Hidilyn have the scars of battle in numerous international competitions,\u201d Tolentino said. \u201cThis is the tried and tested formula for Olympic success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PARIS\u2014Carlos Yulo\u2019s gold medal in floor exercise of gymnastics has validated some more what Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham \u201cBambol\u201d Tolentino called as the template for producing a Filipino Olympic and world champion. \u201cCaloy has again proven that a Filipino can win in the Olympics with the right ingredients and formula and through the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[213,206,134],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-carlos-yulo","tag-paris-olympics","tag-philippine-olympic-committee"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t