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Reese Esponda Has to Change Her Floor Routine at Worlds 😳
Reese Esponda has to change her floor routine at Worlds 😳
Jessica O'Beirne reports from Rotterdam: Reese's coaches were told the FIG won't credit a floor skill the way it was credited at an earlier FIG event, and there's no word yet on why.
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Could Americans Do Dutch Beam? Five Years of Dance First
How long would it take Americans to learn Netherlands beam?
The host team has a 35-year-old, a 32-year-old and a 16-year-old. Jessica says Americans would need five years of dance before they could even try what Sanne Wevers does.
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Should the FIG Provide Child Care at Worlds?
Two moms are competing at Worlds: Alice Kinsella and Vera van Pol.
Having a baby doesn't stop you from doing gymnastics. So should World Gymnastics provide child care for athletes, coaches, judges and volunteers? Picture the kindergarten.
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Maïana Prat's Floor Routine: She Smelled Something Bad
Maïana Prat nailed floor at the Paris World Cup, and her choreography is the 'I smelled something bad' wave.
Is it the French Revolution? The upper classes at the opera? Spencer and Jessica debate.
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Are Under 18 Gymnasts a Problem?
Is it a problem to have college gymnasts under 18?
Not really. Jessica was doing her own laundry at 13. But there's an emotional cost to growing up that fast.
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Khorkina Will Riot If Melnikova Wins a Third AA Title
If Angelina Melnikova wins the all-around in Rotterdam, she ties Svetlana Khorkina's three world AA titles.
Jessica has thoughts on how Khorkina takes that news. Spencer would pay to see the two of them in one interview.
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Kicked Off the Team? Your Transfer Options
What happens when you're kicked off a college team mid-year?
The transfer window is March to May. Graduating and entering as a grad student changes the math.
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Reese Esponda has to change her floor routine at Worlds 😳
Jessica O`Beirne reports from Rotterdam: Reese`s coaches were told the FIG won`t credit a floor skill the way it was credited at an earlier FIG event, and there`s no word yet on why.
Daily Worlds coverage for Club Gym Nerd members: GymCastic.com/Club
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Worlds coverage sponsored by Sand & Sea Luxury Travel Advisors @sandandsea.travel
#gymnastics #Worlds2026 #TeamUSA
Two live shows: Rotterdam with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir, and New York City with Katelyn Ohashi.
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Three of Russia’s five named women will not compete at the World Championships.
The Russian gymnastics federation (@toprusgym) said Angelina Melnikova, Viktoriia Listunova and Anna Kalmykova have been denied visas to enter the Netherlands. It says the official notices give the basis as “one or more states - members of the Schengen Zone consider the athlete a threat to their international relations.”
Russia’s remaining gymnasts were cleared later the same day. Alena Glotova, Daniel Marinov, Arsenii Dukhno and Sergei Naidin travelled overnight, and Liudmila Roshchina, Ilia Zaika, Savelii Sieedin and reserve Milana Kaiumova followed. That completes the men’s five.
It leaves the women with three gymnasts — exactly the minimum World Gymnastics allows, which permits a team of three to five plus a reserve. But only the top three teams in Rotterdam earn a team place at the 2028 Olympics, so barring a late reversal that first Olympic team qualifier is out of reach. It is not the last one: nine more team places per gender are decided at the 2027 World Championships.
The federation puts the delegation at 47 visas issued out of 61 people, and says it will ask the International Olympic Committee and World Gymnastics to assess the situation. World Gymnastics has not commented publicly.
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How long would it take Americans to learn Netherlands beam?
The host team has a 35-year-old, a 32-year-old and a 16-year-old. Jessica says Americans would need five years of dance before they could even try what Sanne Wevers does.
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Two moms are competing at Worlds: Alice Kinsella and Vera van Pol.
Having a baby doesn`t stop you from doing gymnastics. So should World Gymnastics provide child care for athletes, coaches, judges and volunteers? Picture the kindergarten.
Want the full story? Listen to our Worlds Preview Part 2.
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Reese Esponda Must Change Her Floor Routine?? | 2026 World Gymnastics Championships
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Reese Esponda (USA) has to change her floor routine at the last minute: Jessica O'Beirne reports live from the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam after US podium training. Reese's coaches told her the FIG will not give Reese layout credit for her barani, leaving her routine missing a front flipping skill. Jessica notes Reese competed the same thing at an FIG event, where it was credited, and there's no word yet on why the FIG has changed the way it credits this forward skill.
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