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Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Yulo will skip the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand in December. This, over a rule that limits him to win just one medal.

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00:00Filipino gymnastics star Carlos Yulo will skip the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand in December.
00:07This over a rule that limits him to win just one medal.
00:10Gymnastics Association of the Philippines President Cynthia Carayon confirmed the news on Saturday, October 18.
00:16She tells Rappler, quote,
00:17He's not going to compete, not at all. The country, Thailand, is not thinking of the athletes.
00:22They're thinking of the medal gain that they can have.
00:25She adds the Olympic double gold medalist trusts his teammates to get the job done.
00:30This is the second time a host country has set a medal limit in gymnastics.
00:34In the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, Yulo was only allowed to win 4 out of the 7 possible medals in men's artistic gymnastics.
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