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Rotterdam Rumble #2: Is Kaylia Nemour the All-Around Favorite?
Is Kaylia Nemour the all-around favorite in Rotterdam?
Jessica: she can fall off bars and still make the final. Spencer: it all comes down to the Yurchenko double full.
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Sabrina Voinea: More Drama Than a Telenovela
More drama than a Venezuelan telenovela.
Sabrina Voinea could make floor and beam finals. If she hits, she's a medal threat. Just keep her mom away from the inquiry box.
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Claire Pease Is in This to Win This
Claire Pease isn't going to Worlds just to make the team.
Her total D at camp was second in the world, behind Nemour. Add the Cheng and Spencer sees an all-around medal bid.
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Team Gold or Four Event Titles? What the U.S. Would Pick
Team gold plus all-around gold, or gold on all four events?
Spencer knows which one the U.S. program takes. And you can build a realistic podium on every event without a single American.
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Rotterdam Rumble #1: Are the U.S. Women the Worlds Favorites?
Are the U.S. women the favorites for the world team title?
Seven straight world titles and the best raw scores this year. But what if China gets 15s on beam?
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2026 Worlds Preview Part 1: Team USA, Kaylia Nemour & Japan's Medal Threat
Part one of our Rotterdam World Championships preview 🇳🇱 Are the U.S. women the team favorites after seven straight world titles? Can Japan win its first women's team medal in 60 years? And is Kaylia Nemour the all-around pick? We go subdivision by subdivision through Worlds 2026.
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• Team USA: Skye Blakely, Hezly Rivera, Claire Pease, Reese Esponda and Charleigh Bullock — what counts as a successful Worlds?
• Germany as the team-final bubble, Romania and the Voinea drama, Amanda Yap and Kaia Tanskanen
• Japan: Aiko Sugihara, Misa Nishiyama and a first team medal since 1966? Plus Australia and Lisa Vaelen of Belgium
• Floor preview: Manila Esposito, Sugihara, Angelina Melnikova and Reese Esponda
• Italy without the D'Amatos, Mexico's NCAA futures, Jennifer Williams of Sweden
• Rotterdam Rumble #2: Is Kaylia Nemour the all-around favorite? Plus Argentina, Ukraine and Panama
• Bars preview: Nemour, Qiu Qiyuan, Helen Kevric, Becky Downie and more
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00:00 Welcome + Full Commission raffle
00:57 Breaking news: the Worlds roster scare
02:05 Report: Russian money and the FIG
05:34 Worlds schedule and what's on the line
09:45 Live shows: NYC with Katelyn Ohashi and Rotterdam
11:09 Subdivision 1: Is Team USA the favorite?
20:48 Germany, Romania and Amanda Yap
29:39 Subdivision 2: Japan, Australia and Belgium
36:16 Floor preview
40:35 Updates: Worlds HQ leaderboard and the Worlds Bundle
43:45 Subdivisions 3 and 4: Italy, Mexico, Sweden and Belarus
49:15 Subdivision 5: Kaylia Nemour, Argentina and Ukraine
58:16 Bars preview
Part two (France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, China and a Man Break) drops next week. Our daily Rotterdam podcasts start October 15 after women's podium training.
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Jordan Chiles' LA 2028 Floor Routine: West Coast Hip-Hop
What's Jordan Chiles' strategy for LA28? Jessica has the floor routine.
"California Love." Tupac. NWA. Dr. Dre. Spencer has one objection: Snoop.
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More drama than a Venezuelan telenovela.
Sabrina Voinea could make floor and beam finals. If she hits, she`s a medal threat. Just keep her mom away from the inquiry box.
Want the full story? Listen to our Worlds Preview Part 1.
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Claire Pease isn`t going to Worlds just to make the team.
Her total D at camp was second in the world, behind Nemour. Add the Cheng and Spencer sees an all-around medal bid.
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Team gold plus all-around gold, or gold on all four events?
Spencer knows which one the U.S. program takes. And you can build a realistic podium on every event without a single American.
Want the full story? Listen to our Worlds Preview Part 1.
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Isabella Ajalla Is the Standard: Point Your Feet
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Isabella Ajalla moves like a mythical water dragon.
Jessica's case: she is the standard for tumbling on beam without a deduction. Everyone who doesn't point through the foot should be docked.
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