FILIPINO top gymnast Carlos Yulo could not make the men's all-around final in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium.
Yulo failed to finish as one of the top eight athletes — outside those who already qualified for the Paris Games through team events last year — as he placed 59th with a total score of 67.765 points early Sunday.

Missing the all-around final, Yulo thus botched his first chance of qualifying for the Paris Olympics as the slots went to those top eight eligible gymnasts.
Yulo, a two-time World Champion, still has a chance to make the Olympics through this World Championships, needing to be the highest-ranked eligible gymnast in floor exercise where he is currently third with 14.600 points.
Athletes who might be ahead of Yulo in floor exercise but have already clinched their Olympic spots through the team event last year or through making the top eight of the all-around are not included in the rankings.
It was a tough outing for the 4-foot-11 Yulo, who was competing for the first time without long-time coach in Japanese Kugumiya Munehiro whom he parted ways months ago. Aldrin Castañeda is coaching him in this world meet.
The 23-year-old was doing just fine with a score of 14.666 in parallel bars, 14.600 in floor exercise, 13.700 in horizontal bar and 13.233 in pommel horse.
The turbulence came, however, in the still rings where the six-time Asian Championships titlist landed on his back during his dismount which caused him to accumulate a lowly 11.566 points.
Yulo's mishap seemed to have badly affected him as he suffered a similar fate in his first attempt at vault.
The nine-time Southeast Asian Games champion bounced back in his second try with 13.533 points but the first vault, where he scored zero, counts for the overall tally.