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- ↑ Terrado, Jonas (28 July 2024). "Female gymnasts end 60-year Olympic wait for Philippines". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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- ↑ "Thanks to Carlos Yulo, Philippine gymnastics makes a quantum leap". Spin.ph. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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