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Jade Carey's Full-Twisting Double Layout: Not on Concrete
Jade Carey has the full-twisting double layout. She's just not throwing it three days in a row on concrete.
Jessica asked her about the upgrades at camp. Nine months back, and look what she's capable of. Imagine what she'll have by LA.
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We Have a Worlds Team: Skye, Charleigh, Reese, Claire & Hezly
🇺🇸 The 2026 U.S. women's Worlds team is SET: Skye Blakely, Charleigh Bullock, Reese Esponda, Claire Pease & Hezly Rivera, with Dulcy Caylor (traveling alternate) and Jade Carey (non-traveling alternate). Jessica & Spencer are back from World Team Trials in Tennessee to break it all down.
🔥 Why the five is the team, Jade's Cheng, the Jade vs. Dulcy alternate debate, and a lightning round on Rotterdam qualification & team final lineups.
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00:00 The 2026 U.S. Worlds Team Is Set
01:51 Jade Carey's Cheng & No Upgrades on Concrete
04:36 Day Two Recap: Claire Pease & Charleigh Bullock on Beam
07:20 Dulcy Caylor vs. Jade Carey: The Alternate Debate
13:35 Lightning Round: Worlds Qualification & Team Final Lineups
21:27 New: World Headquarters, Score Explorer & Roster Lab
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Pease & Bullock Make Worlds! U.S. Team Trials Day One
Claire Pease and Charleigh Bullock are going to Worlds! We report from Tennessee after Day One of the 2026 U.S. Women’s World Team Trials: Pease’s upgrades and interview, Bullock’s crucial bars performance, Hezly Rivera’s comeback after two bars falls, Skye Blakely’s standout day, and what happens next for Jade Carey, Reese Esponda and the three remaining team spots.
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00:00 – Welcome from World Team Trials
01:15 – Pease & Bullock Lock Worlds Spots
03:37 – Vault Upgrades & Streaming Frustrations
05:33 – Claire Pease Interview
10:32 – Huel: Fueling Our Worlds Coverage
13:50 – Results & Bullock’s Bars Impact
18:55 – Our Worlds Team Predictions
20:48 – What’s Next & Commission Raffle
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Day Two: October 1
Behind The Scenes: Friday, October 2 at noon Pacific
Our two-part Worlds preview begins Monday, October 5
Ten planned podcasts from Rotterdam, with live questions and extended coverage for Club Gym Nerd members!
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Why Selection Camp Is Worth It for Lila Richardson
Why is selection camp worth it even if you're not going to make the team?
Tatum Drusch, Lila Richardson and Izzy Stassi gain a lot from the experience. A Leanne Wong at less than 100% doesn't.
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Simone Biles Revealed a Burglary in a Get Ready With Me
Simone Biles revealed she was burgled... in a Get Ready With Me.
Three masked men stole a car from their home outside Chicago. Which explains the Doberman.
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The Selection Camp Wildcards
The selection camp wildcards: Caroline Moreau and Simone Rose.
The perfect alternate, and the beam hero who qualified the whole country to Worlds.
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You Can't Not Take Her Floor
If Reese Esponda hits, how do you not take her floor?
But if Jade Carey brings the upgrades, are two vault-and-floor gymnasts too many for one Worlds team?
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The D Giveth, the E Taketh Away
The D giveth. The E taketh away.
The floor D panel at the Szombathely World Cup is the same one going to Worlds, so those D scores are worth watching.
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Jade Carey has the full-twisting double layout. She`s just not throwing it three days in a row on concrete.
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The U.S. women`s team for the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam is official 🇺🇸
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