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Worlds Women's Team Final: China Ends the U.S. Streak, Japan's First Medal Since 1966
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. Want more? Club Gym Nerd members get this episode ad-free, plus daily Worlds shows with extra time, weekly live Behind The Scenes and the full archive. Join Club Gym Nerd. 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, with Katelyn Ohashi. In-person and streaming tickets on sale. Rotterdam World Championships coverage is brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS. Limited time offer: make healthy eating simple. Get Huel with 15% off online with code GYMCASTIC at huel.com/GYMCASTIC. New customers only. Thank you to Huel for supporting our show. 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 Show notes and links ยท 2026 World Championship Headquarters
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