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Manila – 14 August 2024
1. Pan from crowd to motorcade to welcome and honor members of the Philippine Olympic team
2. Philippine Olympic team
3. Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo wearing his two gold medals
4. Tilt up from two gold medals to Yulo
5. Various of crowds waving Philippine flag
6. Yulo waving Philippine flag
7. Commuters inside bus waving and taking mobile video of motorcade
8. Commuters outside their vehicle wave to Olympians
9. SOUNDBITE (English/Tagalog) Gemma Canol, housewife:
"We are happy and proud that we were able to watch the parade of our athletes especially Carlos Yulo for bringing us so much pride and honor to our country."
10. Military helicopter dropping confetti pan down to motorcade
11. Crowd cheering while waving flag
12. Olympic team waving to crowd
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of Filipinos welcomed a motorcade of members of the Philippine Olympic team Wednesday.
Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo, who won two gold medals in the Paris Olympics, flew home to a hero’s welcome Tuesday with a planned national tribute by the president and donors pledging more than $1 million worth of cash and gifts, including a resort house and free lunch buffets for life.
The 24-year-old’s wins in the men’s floor exercise and vault were the largest victory ever by a Filipino athlete since the Philippines joined the Games a century ago. Two Filipino boxers, Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas, won bronze medals in women’s boxing in Paris.
The euphoria over Yulo’s wins has provided a respite for a nation long ridden with poverty, deep divisions and conflicts.
Arriving in Manila, Yulo and the other Filipino athletes who participated in the Olympics were welcomed by flag-waving fans who yelled his name, reached out for handshakes and took selfies.
Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, who rose to global fame for winning titles in eight different weight classes and for his rags-to-riches life story, promised to reward Yulo with an unspecified amount of cash.
A celebratory parade for Yulo and the other athletes on Wednesday along Manila’s main streets is expected to draw thousands of people. It will pass near a poor community where he grew up and first trained in gymnastics with his siblings in a public gym, where a coach first noticed the impressive skills of the then-7-year-old.
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz clinched the first-ever Olympic gold for the Philippines in Tokyo in 2021.
AP video shot by Joeal Calupitan
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