- Skye Blakely, United States, 55.733
- Lyudmila Roshchina, Russia, 55.199
- Ke Qinqin, China, 55.032
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Pundits
- 2026 Gymnastics Worlds: Skye Blakely completes her comeback with global all-around gold
- Blakely rises to the top in Rotterdam World women’s all-around final
- After vault mishap, Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour vows to approach upcoming finals ‘with even more motivation’
- Russia’s Lyudmila Roshchina on Worlds all-around silver: ‘This is our shared medal’
- Ke Qinqin of China on world all-around bronze: ‘It gives me motivation to keep striving’
- Balance Beam Situation LIVE blog
- theGymter.net LIVE blog
- World all-around champion Skye Blakely of the U.S.: ‘I used to dream of moments like this’
Surprises
- Kaylia, Claire, and Skye were the names most often listed as favourites
- IF Kaylia stayed on Beam and Bars, she’d most like win. Especially if she competed Yurchenko Double Twist again.
- first rotation, Kaylia took off for Vault with her feet partly on the foam safety collar — deciding at the instant not to twist. The correct decision. With credit only for Layout Yurchenko, it seemed her chances at a medal were gone. 1.666 lower than qualification. Better than a mat would be to simply increase the size of the Spring Board.
- Claire had been quite consistent on Beam this season — but fell on Layout in Acro Series. Half the gymnasts fell on Beam, a disappointment.
- Liudmila Roshchina finishing 2nd shouldn’t have been a surprise. She been one of the top Russians for a few years now. BUT just 3 days before the official start date of the competition, Roshchina’s visa was approved but those of Melnikova, Listunova, and Kalmykova denied.
- In fact, despite the years denied international competition, Russia is just as strong as before in Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics. For the record, I support banning them so long as murdering dictator-for-life Putin continues his invasion of Ukraine.
- Elena Colas continues to impress. It’s just a matter of time before she’s on an AA podium.
- Despite the fall on Beam, I don’t think Flavia’s ever looked better.
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Highlights
NOT a great All-Around Final. Not as many highlights as hoped. Most gymnasts were better in qualification.
- Ke Qinqin has a fairly safe Yurchenko Double Twist.
- Ke Qinqin is my favourite Beamer. Use her as the ideal model. But fall on Double Tuck dismount. STILL scored 13.833.
- new mom, Alice Kinsella, was the top British gymnast. Like Canada, GBR had plenty of problems on Beam.
- Claire Pease has the best Pak. Floaty. Our future Video Analysis Computer execution judge could use that as the model for zero deduction.
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