MANILA, Philippines —The Philippines celebrated it's a hundred years of Olympic participation in the most spectacular and historic way—two gold medals courtesy of gymnast Carlos "Caloy" Yulo.

"It took three generations for Hidilyn [Diaz] to win our first Olympic gold in Tokyo and it took another Olympic cycle to double that achievement," said Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino on Monday, the morning after Yulo's amazing Paris weekend where he won the floor exercise on Saturday and the vault on Sunday.

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