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Our full Women's All-Around Final show from the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, now free for everyone. Skye Blakely is the world all-around champion with 55.733, the first American woman to win the title since Simone Biles. Liudmila Roshchina took silver and Ke Qinqin won bronze despite a beam fall. Favorite Kaylia Nemour overran the vault board, landed on the collar and finished fourth, and Claire Pease was one beam fall away from a medal. Plus why press row got emotional, Elena Colas and artistry, Valeri Liukin's beam ritual, a listener letter on Nemour's beam score, and the kids' press conference.
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GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: the replay of our live show at Worlds with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. Replay tickets are on sale for a limited time.
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Results
1. Skye Blakely (USA) 55.733 · 2. Liudmila Roshchina (WG2) 55.199 · 3. Ke Qinqin (CHN) 55.032 · 4. Kaylia Nemour (ALG) 54.998 · 5. Aiko Sugihara (JPN) 54.765 · 6. Elena Colas (FRA) 54.666 · 7. Claire Pease (USA) 54.232 · 8. Alba Petisco (ESP) 54.198
Chapters
00:00 Intro: the Women's All-Around Final, now free for everyone
01:07 GymCastic Live Rotterdam: the replay trailer
03:04 Welcome to the all-around final
03:50 Skye Blakely crowned world all-around champion
06:24 Winning on her own plan
09:13 Kaylia Nemour's vault problem
13:26 Ke Qinqin's beam and a medal despite a fall
14:37 Liudmila Roshchina's silver
16:06 Claire Pease's beam fall
18:19 Blakely, Florida and the college-elite path
21:41 Blakely's four events
23:27 World feed issues
24:38 A word from Huel
26:57 Glotova's double beam fall
28:06 Lisa Vaelen's straddle full
29:15 Ellie Black's beam after a fall
30:09 Correction: Gina Pongetti and MedGym
31:14 Club Gym Nerd and live shows
33:24 Why press row got emotional over Blakely
35:56 Roshchina on beam
37:16 Elena Colas and artistry
39:08 Double fulls in the lead group
41:41 Aiko Sugihara
42:33 Alba Petisco's score
44:04 Flavia Saraiva
45:20 Pease and Valeri Liukin's beam ritual
46:22 Perotti, Tonelli and Kinsella
48:26 Prat, Kishi and Scott
49:23 Listener letter: Nemour's beam score
51:23 Does a pause count as a connection?
53:14 What Japanese gymnasts yell
53:36 Live show tips
55:27 Fujitsu and Blakely's beam score
58:03 A floor fix
1:00:21 The arena and the kids' press conference
1:01:21 Sign-off
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Kaylia Nemour won both bars and beam at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, taking beam gold over Zhang Qingying of China on an execution tiebreak, while Flavia Saraiva finally won her first world beam medal. Claire Pease and Reese Esponda went one-two on floor, Maiana Prat took bronze on another tiebreak, and the U.S. women leave Rotterdam with seven medals. Artur Davtyan stuck both vaults for gold, Sebastian Sponevik won Norway's first world medal ever, Frederick Richard won the floor title he promised, and Tang Chia-hung took high bar. Plus the credit crisis of these Worlds, from Carlos Yulo to Ellie Black, and the coach who said out loud what others wouldn't. Our final live show from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.
This is the free 25-minute preview. The full 67-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 42 more minutes, nearly two-thirds of the show, including Epke Zonderland and Fabian Hambüchen's high bar stick-it contest, the Nemour versus Zhang beam debate, Flavia's champagne, Maiana Prat's stinky floor medal and Frederick Richard calling his shot. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal.
GymCastic Live
GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: the replay of Saturday's show with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. Replay tickets are still on sale.
GymCastic Live in New York City: Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT), with Katelyn Ohashi. In-person and streaming tickets.
Rotterdam World Championships coverage is brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to event finals, day two
01:13 Rhys McClenaghan answers a critic
01:59 Surprise: Simone Biles in Rotterdam
02:58 Kaylia Nemour wins bars and beam
05:04 Should FIG stop breaking ties?
07:06 The tiebreaks that decided beam gold and floor bronze
08:36 Seven medals for the U.S. women
11:07 Why is nobody getting credit? Carlos Yulo and Ellie Black
12:39 Reese Esponda's coach on FIG's last-minute changes
16:25 Artur Davtyan's two stuck vaults
19:31 Opportunity for comedy: Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir live
21:28 Your comedy moments
22:25 Club Gym Nerd and GymCastic Live
24:24 Club preview: what Jake Jarman's dad said to Bart and Eythora
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Skye Blakely is the world all-around champion. The 21-year-old Florida Gator won gold at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam with 55.733, becoming the ninth American woman to win the world all-around title and the first since Simone Biles, and she did it on her own plan, without the Cheng. Liudmila Roshchina took a surprise silver and Ke Qinqin of China won bronze despite a fall on beam. Favorite Kaylia Nemour overran the springboard on her opening vault, landing on the safety collar, and fought back to finish fourth, while Claire Pease was one beam fall away from a medal. Our sleep-deprived reactions from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.
This is the free 27-minute preview. The full 57-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 30 more minutes, more than half of the show, including the international world peace officer, why press row cried for Skye Blakely, Claire Pease and Valeri Liukin's mirrored beam ritual, and your letters on Fujitsu and Skye's beam D score. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal.
GymCastic Live
GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: Saturday, October 24, 7:00 pm CEST (10:00 am PT), with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. In-person is sold out; stream it live from anywhere.
GymCastic Live in New York City: Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT), with Katelyn Ohashi. In-person and streaming tickets.
Rotterdam World Championships coverage is brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.
Thank you to Gina Pongetti of MedGym for caring for Fact Checker.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to the women's all-around final
00:46 Skye Blakely is world all-around champion
03:20 Winning Worlds on her own plan
06:09 Kaylia Nemour's vault disaster
10:22 Ke Qinqin's beam is so good she can fall and still medal
11:33 Liudmila Roshchina's surprise silver
13:02 Claire Pease's beam fall
15:15 Skye, Florida and the college-elite path
18:37 Skye's four events
20:23 The world feed problem
21:33 Opportunity for comedy: Alena Glotova falls off beam twice
22:43 Best moment: Lisa Vaelen's straddle full
23:52 Ellie Black performs the beam rage away
24:46 A correction: Gina Pongetti and MedGym
25:51 Club Gym Nerd and GymCastic Live
27:11 Club preview: the international world peace officer
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Daiki Hashimoto won his fourth straight world all-around title at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, by almost two points, with Yang Haonan of China in silver and Joe Fraser taking bronze, only Great Britain's third men's all-around medal at Worlds. Top qualifier and Olympic champion Shinnosuke Oka fell twice and still finished eighth, Arsenii Dukhno's medal run ended on high bar, and Illia Kovtun fell twice. Plus breaking news: former Stanford gymnast Kaien J-Spencer is suing Stanford, alleging his former head coach Thom Glielmi degraded and humiliated him, and the women's code that got updated in the middle of Worlds. Our sleep-deprived reactions from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.
This is the free 23-minute preview. The full 57-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 34 more minutes, more than half of the show, including Jessica's Uber conspiracy theories, Jake Jarman's interview, our women's all-around preview with Kaylia Nemour, Skye Blakely and Claire Pease, and your letters on China's beam and whether a fall should cost more than a point. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal.
GymCastic Live
GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: Saturday, October 24, 7:00 pm CEST (10:00 am PT), with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. In-person is sold out; stream it live from anywhere.
GymCastic Live in New York City: Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT), with Katelyn Ohashi. In-person and streaming tickets.
Rotterdam World Championships coverage is brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.
Chapters
00:00 Welcome to the men's all-around final
01:14 Daiki Hashimoto wins a fourth straight world all-around title
02:09 Ex-Stanford gymnast sues over his former coach
04:25 The women's code gets updated during Worlds
06:14 Shinnosuke Oka's two falls
08:06 Illia Kovtun and four all-arounds in a row
09:02 Joe Fraser's Red Bull
09:42 Arsenii Dukhno's high bar fall
10:33 Noe Seifert's podium warm-up
11:23 Frederick Richard's not-so-secret girlfriend
12:13 Yang Haonan's silver
13:28 Joe Fraser's bronze and the baby celebration
17:30 Opportunity for comedy: frog on the windshield
18:27 Best moment: Camilo Vera goes for the Liukin twice
20:29 Join Club Gym Nerd and GymCastic Live
22:31 Club preview: the Uber driver's conspiracy theory
2026 World Championships Headquarters: every session in your time zone, every qualified team and gymnast.
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China are world team champions for the first time since 2006, ending the United States' run of seven straight titles by two tenths in the women's team final at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam. Japan won its first world team medal since 1966. We break down the beam rotation that decided it, the downgrade that cost Skye Blakely, Dulcy Caylor's beam and big floor, Claire Pease's Cheng and 56-point all-around, and why the Fujitsu D-scores belong on the live scoreboard. Plus France in fourth, a rough night for WG2 and Italy, the broken floor that was really the podium, and lunch with Jay Clark. Recorded live from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.
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GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: Saturday, October 24, 7:00 pm CEST / 10:00 am PT, with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. In-person is sold out; stream it live from anywhere.
GymCastic Live in New York City: Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm ET, with Katelyn Ohashi. In-person and streaming tickets on sale.
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Chapters
00:00 China are world champions; U.S. silver, Japan bronze
01:41 How China broke the U.S. streak
04:22 Skye Blakely's beam and the D-score surprise
07:43 Chasing China on beam
10:31 Japan's first team medal since 1966
14:15 Show us the Fujitsu D-scores
17:42 The broken floor was the podium
19:36 Ellie Black's vault warm-up near miss
21:17 Moment of the day: Morgane Osyssek's floor
23:23 Club Gym Nerd and GymCastic Live
25:28 China's gold, rotation by rotation
31:07 Huel
33:27 Team USA's silver: vault, Claire Pease's Cheng, the bunnies
37:37 U.S. floor and the all-around outlook
40:36 WG2, Italy and the double-pike curse
44:30 France in fourth
47:16 Lunch with Jay Clark and the FIG judging system
50:20 Canada and Brazil
54:42 Japan's Fujitsu award and the podium
57:41 Live Q&A: Fact Checker update, all-around picks, France, the U.S. men
1:10:16 Wrap
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