The City Government of Manila City is set to declare August 4 as ‘๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐น๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐”, in honor of the gymnastโs Double Gold Medal achievement in the recently-concluded Paris Olympics 2024.
In a statement Wednesday, Mayor Honey Lacuna said the City Council, headed by Vice Mayor John Marvin Nieto, is already preparing a resolution to this effect.
Lacuna said the ‘Carlos Yulo Day’ in the city will be a special working holiday.
It was on August 4 when the 24-year-old gymnast made history by bagging his second gold medal in the men’s gymnastics vault final of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Yulo won his first gold medal in the men’s floor exercise event of the summer games a day earlier.
The Manila City government has scheduled the recognition rites for Yulo, a resident of Leveriza St. in Malate, on August 19.
During the program, Yulo will receive an award and a PHP2 million incentive from the local government.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Mayor Lacuna handed PHP500,000 cash incentive to pole vaulter EJ Obiena, who is set to leave the country on Thursday, ahead of his next competition to defend his world ranking at the Diamond League in Switzerland on August 22. (Philippine News Agency)
