FILIPINO rising gymnast star Karl Eldrew Yulo entered the floor exercise final at the World Cup Cairo leg in Egypt after placing fifth in the qualifications Saturday midnight in Manila.
The 18-year-old Yulo scored 13.900 points on a 5.400 difficulty and a 8.500 execution to make his fourth final appearance in the seniors level.
The top eight gymnasts made it to the final round.
Yulo has now put himself in position to win his second medal in the seniors level after winning a breakthrough gold in floor exercise at the Antalya leg on March 14.
The younger brother of two-time Olympic champ Carlos racked up 14.100 points (5.300 difficulty, 8.800 execution) to top the Turkey meet.
Russian Arsenni Dukno topped the floor exercise qualifications in this Cairo leg with 14.533 points followed by Colombian Camilo Vera with 14.133.
Russian Daniel Marinov ranked third with 14.000 points and Norwegian Sebastian Sponevik fourth with 13.933.
Spanish Rayderley Zapata placed sixth with 13.800 points, while Chinese Li Hongyan finished seventh with 13.733 and Kazakh Altynkhan Temirbek eighth with 13.600.
Yulo’s teammate and two-time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist John Ivan Cruz also competed in floor exercise but did not make the cut.
Cruz placed 21st with 12.200 points.
Two more Filipino gymnasts in Juancho Miguel Besana and Justine Ace De Leon competed in the qualifications but failed to make the medal rounds.
A 2023 SEA Games gold winner, Besana ranked 23rd with 10.666 points in pommel horse.
De Leon placed 13th with 11.733 points in still rings.
Yulo returns to action on Saturday night as he competes in the qualifications for vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar.
Cruz also vies for a final spot in vault, while Besana competes in the horizontal bar and parallel bars qualifications.