Carlos Yulo clinches silver as Armanian claims vault title in world gymnastics tiff

MANILA, Philippines — Carlos Yulo settled for a runner-up finish in the men's vault final at the 51st FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships held in Liverpool on Sunday.

Yulo relinquished his reign as world champion in the apparatus as Armanian Artur Davtyan leapfrogged over Yulo with flawless execution in his vaults.

The Filipino was the early leader with a 14.950 average as he scored 15.000 and 14.900 in his first and second vault, respectively.

Yulo was handed a 0.100 penalty in his first vault which was 6.000 in difficulty.

With two gymnasts to go, Yulo was still in the lead. But Davtyan scored 9.500 in execution for both of his vaults to overtake Yulo.

Davtyan, who was the top qualifier heading into the final, emerged victorious over Yulo despite having a .400 deficit in difficulty in his first vault.

Davtyan performed two vaults with 5.600 difficulty.

Completing the podium is Ukraine's Igor Radivilov, who scored an average of 14.733.

Yulo has a chance to clinch a gold medal when he competes in the men's parallel bars final this afternoon (late Sunday night, Manila time).