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2026 World Championships: Men’s All-Around Final

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Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) won his fourth straight world all-around title at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, by almost two points, with Yang Haonan (CHN) in silver and Joe Fraser (GBR) taking bronze, only Great Britain’s third men’s all-around medal at Worlds. Top qualifier and Olympic champion Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) fell twice and still finished eighth, Arsenii Dukhno‘s medal run ended on high bar, and Illia Kovtun (CRO) fell twice. Plus breaking news: former Stanford gymnast Kaien J-Spencer is suing Stanford, alleging his former head coach Thom Glielmi degraded and humiliated him, and the women’s code that got updated in the middle of Worlds. This is our live post-all-around final Q&A show from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.

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CHAPTERS

Full Club episode. The free preview runs through 22:40.
00:00 Welcome to the men’s all-around final
01:14 Daiki Hashimoto wins a fourth straight world all-around title
02:09 Ex-Stanford gymnast sues over his former coach
04:25 The women’s code gets updated during Worlds
06:14 Shinnosuke Oka’s two falls
08:06 Illia Kovtun and four all-arounds in a row
09:02 Joe Fraser’s Red Bull
09:42 Arsenii Dukhno’s high bar fall
10:33 Noe Seifert’s podium warm-up
11:23 Frederick Richard’s not-so-secret girlfriend
12:13 Yang Haonan’s silver
13:28 Joe Fraser’s bronze and the baby celebration
17:30 Opportunity for comedy: frog on the windshield
18:27 Best moment: Camilo Vera goes for the Liukin twice
20:29 Club Gym Nerd and GymCastic Live
22:31 Club bonus begins: the Uber driver’s conspiracy theories
25:31 Is Eythora Thorsdottir retired?
26:53 Jake Jarman, the Air Pirate
28:36 Daniel Marinov finishes fourth
29:39 Angel Barajas keeps getting better
31:25 Frederick Richard and Danila Leykin
34:13 Women’s all-around preview: Kaylia Nemour and the bars argument
36:34 Skye Blakely and the beam backup plan
38:41 Claire Pease’s medal chances
40:10 Can coaches and teammates cue from the floor?
41:33 Would two U.S. all-around medals make Worlds a success?
43:20 The other contenders and China after the team title
45:11 Aiko Sugihara and the deepest lower groups ever
47:09 Letters: Is Chow still with the Chinese team?
48:36 How did the U.S. let China’s beam get so far ahead?
52:08 Should a fall cost more than a point?
54:17 Early floor problems?
56:08 Goodbye until tomorrow

HEADLINES

  • Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) wins his fourth straight world all-around title, 1.799 ahead of Yang Haonan (CHN), despite a bouncy floor and a short vault landing. Kohei Uchimura still holds the record with six.
  • Joe Fraser (GBR) takes bronze after a rough team final, thanks the British support staff, and explains the thumb-in-mouth celebration for his daughter, due in four weeks.
  • Top qualifier Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) falls on vault and high bar and still finishes eighth. Arsenii Dukhno was headed for silver until his Cassina, and Illia Kovtun (CRO) falls on pommel horse and floor.
  • Breaking news: former Stanford gymnast Kaien J-Spencer is suing Stanford, alleging head coach Thom Glielmi degraded and humiliated him for three years. Plus the women’s code that got updated in the middle of Worlds.
  • Noe Seifert (SUI) warms up on the pommel horse podium without a deduction, Frederick Richard (USA) talks about his girlfriend in the stands, and Camilo Vera (COL) goes for the Liukin twice.
  • Club bonus: Jake Jarman (GBR) the Air Pirate, Daniel Marinov in fourth, Angel Barajas (COL), Danila Leykin (USA), and our women’s all-around preview with Kaylia Nemour (ALG), Skye Blakely (USA), Claire Pease (USA) and Aiko Sugihara (JPN), plus your letters on China’s beam, falls and the floor.

RESULTS

Men’s all-around final, Thursday, Oct. 22, Rotterdam Ahoy. Every session in your time zone is on Worlds HQ.

  1. Daiki Hashimoto (Japan) 85.998
  2. Yang Haonan (China) 84.199
  3. Joe Fraser (Great Britain) 83.531
  4. Daniel Marinov (WG2 (Russia)) 83.297
  5. Angel Barajas (Colombia) 83.232
  6. Jake Jarman (Great Britain) 82.865
  7. Arsenii Dukhno (WG2 (Russia)) 82.697
  8. Shinnosuke Oka (Japan) 82.165
  9. Frederick Richard (United States) 82.165 (Oka placed eighth on the tie-break)

Who’s on every team: the Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker.

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Tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 23: the women’s all-around final, 19:30 Rotterdam (10:30 a.m. PT), and our live reactions right after.

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For the love of God can someone please tell Tim Daggett that “gymnastics 101,” needs to be limited to once per broadcast (or less). It’s all he says.

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