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Skye Blakely Is World All-Around Champion + Kaylia Nemour's Vault Disaster: Worlds Women's AA Final
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 2026 World Championships Headquarters: every session in your time zone, every qualified team and gymnast. Episode page and show notes
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