Jessica reports LIVE from Jakarta while Spencer analysis every detail from GymCastic headquarters on the first day of event finals!
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro & Sponsors — Gymnastics Medicine, Club Gym Nerd
02:00 – Welcome from Jakarta: Jessica & Spencer on Day 1 of Event Finals
03:40 – Headlines: IOC vs. Indonesia, Fujitsu robot judging vaporware & FIG ethics
08:10 – Are the medals light or heavy?
08:35 – Women’s Vault Final
09:00 – Melnikova, Fontaine & Josc medal recap
09:45 – Deng’s vault crash & DNS rule explained
12:30 – Antwerp flashback & Voinea precedent
14:15 – Valen’s “no-pike” Rudi & judging notes
15:40 – Kalmykova, Schönemaier & Fontaine
20:05 – Melnikova’s Cheng vs. form deductions
21:30 – Vault wrap-up
22:20 – Women’s Uneven Bars Final
22:45 – Hit-a-thon! Skye Blakely glorious hit
24:20 – Melnikova & McDonald clean hits
26:10 – Yang’s no-release issue
27:30 – Zoya – should she have been stopped from competing injured?
29:20 – Bars recap
30:00 – Men’s Floor Final
30:25 – Jake Jarman’s triple-double clinic
32:05 – Luke Whitlock & Yulo analysis
34:10 – Minami’s honest fall
35:25 – Milad’s Shushunova & artistry talk
37:05 – Floor medal recap
38:00 – Pommel Horse
38:20 – Highlights & scoring notes
41:00 – PH results
41:40 – Rings Final
42:00 – Whittenburg, World Champion at 31
43:20 – Adem celebration & medal reaction
46:00 – Nelson’s style points
48:20 – Awards of the Day & BTS Teaser
48:40 – Best routines, surprises & Club Gym Nerd info
52:00 – Live Q&A & upcoming finals preview
Headlines:
- We have new World Champions!
- MAG FX: Jake Jarman
- WAG VT: Angelina Melnikova
- MAG PH: Hong Yanming
- WAG UB: Kaylia Nemour
- MAG SR: Donnell Whittenburg
- The IOC President told Indonesia they will be excluded from Olympic Games bids based off their exclusion of Israel
- What’s going on with the Fujitsu robot judging?
- What happened with Deng Yalan’s DNS vault?
- Jake “air pirate” Jarman won floor and this is what he had to say about the medal
- DONNELL WORLD CHAMPION WHITTENBURG WON HIS FIRST WORLD TITLE AT 31
- Kameron Nelson deserves all the style points for his corner transitions
How Do I Watch the Competition?
- All sessions of the competition will be streamed on Eurovision Sport. Follow along here!
- Gymnastics Indonesia’s YouTube channel will stream all qualification sessions
- Live scores from the FIG and Swiss Timing
- Check out NBC’s behind-the-scenes mini-doc on the US Women’s World Trials
- US viewers check out Peacock and NBC broadcast schedlue here.
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Resources
- Jakarta schedule & times: See our live podcast times on the Worlds HQ schedule
- Guides: Download the quick-reference guide on the Jakarta Headquarters page
- The Balance Beam Situation: Spencer’s GIF Code of Points
- Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
- Kensley’s men’s gymnastics site Neutral Deductions
