Tonight is the women’s all-around final at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam. Top qualifier Kaylia Nemour (ALG) leads the field by about half a point over Skye Blakely (USA), with Liudmila Roshchina, Elena Colas (FRA) and China’s Ke Qinqin and Zhang Qingying right behind and Claire Pease (USA) seventh. This is our live post-all-around final Q&A show from inside Rotterdam Ahoy.
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TODAY IN ROTTERDAM
Women’s all-around final, Friday, Oct. 23, 19:30 Rotterdam (10:30 a.m. PT), Rotterdam Ahoy. Every session in your time zone is on Worlds HQ.
The 24 finalists, in qualifying order with their qualifying totals:
- Kaylia Nemour (Algeria) 55.999
- Skye Blakely (United States) 55.465
- Liudmila Roshchina (WG2 (Russia)) 55.098
- Elena Colas (France) 55.032
- Ke Qinqin (China) 54.699
- Zhang Qingying (China) 54.565
- Claire Pease (United States) 54.432
- Naomi Visser (Netherlands) 53.965
- Alena Glotova (WG2 (Russia)) 53.932
- Lia Grace Redick (Canada) 53.599
- Alba Petisco (Spain) 53.599
- Flavia Saraiva (Brazil) 53.566
- Rina Kishi (Japan) 53.499
- Ellie Black (Canada) 53.466
- Maiana Prat (France) 53.333
- Giulia Perotti (Italy) 53.032
- Sofia Tonelli (Italy) 52.700
- Breanna Scott (Australia) 52.698
- Abigail Martin (Great Britain) 52.599
- Aiko Sugihara (Japan) 52.266
- Lorrane Oliveira (Brazil) 52.165
- Lisa Vaelen (Belgium) 52.065
- Alice Kinsella (Great Britain) 52.065
- Greta Mayer (Hungary) 51.999
The two-per-country rule kept Charleigh Bullock (USA), 14th in qualifying with 53.499, out of the final. Reserves: Lea Marie Quaas (GER) and Lena Bickel (SUI).
Who’s on every team: the Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker.
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Saturday, Oct. 24: apparatus finals begin at 14:00 Rotterdam (5:00 a.m. PT), and GymCastic Live in Rotterdam starts at 19:00 (10:00 a.m. PT) with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. Sunday, Oct. 25: the last day of apparatus finals and our final show from Rotterdam.
WORLDS COVERAGE
- 2026 World Championships Headquarters: all 18 sessions in your time zone, every qualified team and gymnast, medal lines and how to watch
- 2026 World Championships: Men’s All-Around Final
- 2026 World Championships: Women’s Team Final
- 2026 World Championships: Men’s Team Final
- 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
- 2026 World Championships: Women’s Podium Training, Day One
- Photo Gallery: 2026 World Championships – Podium Training, October 14
- 2026 Worlds Preview Part 2: Andrade, Melnikova & China’s Beam Powerhouse
- 2026 Worlds Preview Part 1: Team USA, Kaylia Nemour & Japan’s Medal Threat
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Does anyone else feel like the scoring is kind of all over the place this week? I’m having trouble understanding some of these E scores. People with falls having similar scores to hit routines. The KQQ and ZQY scores today in beam were strange to me. Kaylias beam E score was weird to me.