GYMCASTIC LIVE IN ROTTERDAM: IN-PERSON SOLD OUT, VIRTUAL TICKETS STILL AVAILABLESaturday, Oct. 24, 7:00 pm CEST (10:00 am PT) — Live at Worlds with Dutch Olympians Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. The room is full, but you can watch live from anywhere or catch the replay with a virtual ticket.GET VIRTUAL TICKETSNEW YORK CITY · Friday, Dec. 4, 7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT) — With special guest Katelyn Ohashi. Get NYC ticketsDiscount codes are available on the ticket purchase pages, including Club member discounts.The floor broke again. A Dutch gymnast flagged the corner of the floor during the men’s team final at the 2026 World Championships, nine years after Bart Deurloo (NED) did the same in Montreal. Japan won the world team title despite late falls, the Russian team competing as WG2 took silver and China held on for bronze, while Great Britain‘s medal hopes came apart one error at a time. Plus when the FIG will update its equipment standards, a final that ran past 10:30 at night, and robot judges catching every out-of-bounds. This is our live post-team final Q&A show from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.
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CHAPTERS
Full Club episode. The free preview runs through 18:08.
00:00 Welcome to the men’s team final
01:00 Japan wins the world team title
02:01 The floor breaks again
04:09 When will the FIG update its equipment standards?
06:16 Russia, not Russia, and the missing headshots
07:17 Great Britain’s heartbreak
09:57 China holds on for bronze
11:16 Too late at night to compete
12:32 Robot judges and the out-of-bounds epidemic
13:31 GymCastic Live in Rotterdam with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir
14:11 Switzerland and the last-rotation falls
15:55 Club bonus begins
17:25 The arena’s location tag
19:15 Fact Checker lands safely
20:10 The bathroom posters
21:50 Japan in depth
24:22 Team USA’s women’s team final lineup
27:24 Carlos Yulo’s vault downgrade
29:07 The Swiss cowbell
30:38 Colombia, the Netherlands and the shorts
33:10 Russia, not Russia, on rings and high bar
34:41 The U.S. men finish sixth
37:03 Women’s team final preview: is China the favorite?
40:45 Goodbye until tomorrow
HEADLINES
- Japan wins the men’s world team title despite misses on parallel bars and a fall on high bar in the last rotation. Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) hits high bar, and Japan didn’t even need Olympic high bar champion Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) on the event.
- The Russian team competing as WG2 takes silver, 1.6 behind Japan, after being introduced with two empty headshots because they missed photo day.
- China climbs from fourth in qualifying to bronze without Zhang Boheng (CHN), but couldn’t find its usual team-final lock-in.
- The floor breaks again: a Dutch gymnast flags the corner, the meet stops for repairs, and we ask when the FIG will update its equipment standards to match the force gymnasts put on the floor. Plus a flashback to Montreal 2017 and Bart Deurloo (NED).
- Great Britain’s heartbreak: Joe Fraser (GBR)‘s fall in the opening routine and a balked release on high bar, Courtney Tulloch (GBR)‘s rings dismount, and Harry Hepworth (GBR)‘s stuck triple back on rings.
- Switzerland’s near-perfect day, and the four medal contenders trading falls in the last rotation.
- Too late to compete: after the floor delay, the last rotation started at 10 p.m. And the judging assistance cameras catch every out-of-bounds.
- Club bonus: Fact Checker lands safely with a note from the KLM crew, the arena bathroom posters that ask whether something felt wrong, Carlos Yulo (PHI)‘s vault downgrade, the Swiss cowbell, Colombia’s basketball shorts and Frederick Richard (USA)‘s pants, and Team USA in sixth with Danila Leykin (USA), Shane Wiskus (USA) and Cameron Bock (USA)‘s triple backs.
- Women’s team final preview: Team USA puts Dulcy Caylor (USA) on floor, plus lineups for Claire Pease (USA), Skye Blakely (USA) and Charleigh Bullock (USA). Is China the favorite, and could Canada or Brazil come from eighth to medal?
TODAY IN ROTTERDAM
Men’s team final, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 19:00 Rotterdam (10:00 a.m. PT). Every session in your time zone is on Worlds HQ.
The eight finalists, in qualifying order. Scores start from zero tonight, and the top three teams earn team spots for LA28.
- Japan 254.529
- Great Britain 251.460
- WG2 (Russia) 249.162
- China 247.493
- United States 245.961
- Switzerland 244.430
- Netherlands 242.995
- Colombia 242.727
Who’s on every team: the Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker.
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 21: the women’s team final, 19:00 Rotterdam (10:00 a.m. PT), and our live reactions right after.
WORLDS COVERAGE
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- 2026 World Championships: Women’s Qualification, Day Two
- 2026 World Championships: Women’s Qualification, Day One
- Behind The Scenes: Nemour, BRA, CHN, GB, RUS, CAN, FRA, NED – Podium Training
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- Photo Gallery: 2026 World Championships – Podium Training, October 14
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