Carlos Yulo doesn’t just vault—he takes off.
The Olympic champion soared to another golden finish on Saturday, October 25, winning the men’s vault title at the 2025 World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta. His two-vault average of 14.866 edged out Armenia’s Artur Davtyan (14.833) by a razor-thin margin, with Ukraine’s Nazar Chepurnyi (14.483) taking bronze.
Vaulting third, Yulo opened with a front handspring, double pike front half-out that had the crowd gasping — and then roaring — as he nailed the landing cold. Judges rewarded him with a 15.200, boosted by a .100 bonus for execution so sharp it could cut glass.
His second vault—a front handspring, front layout with two-and-a-half twists—wasn’t quite as clean, a small shuffle on the mat costing him style points, but not the crown. His 14.533 was enough to keep him in the driver’s seat as Davtyan mounted his challenge.
When the Armenian veteran delivered two near-perfect vaults, tension filled the arena. But when the scoreboard flashed, Yulo’s name stayed on top—by just 0.033. A whisper of difference, a shout of triumph.
The victory gives Yulo his second world title on vault and third world crown overall, adding to the floor exercise bronze he pocketed on Friday. It is another sparkling chapter for the 25-year-old who dazzled at Paris 2024 with double gold on floor and vault.
In Jakarta, Yulo proved once more that when he hits the runway, gravity is merely a suggestion—and the gold is usually his to lose.
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