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.When beams attack. Great Britain counted a full beam meltdown and missed the team final by less than two-tenths, Flávia Saraiva (BRA)‘s vault got Brazil in, and Kaylia Nemour (ALG) leads the all-around even with mistakes. China survived a rare bars disaster to qualify first, the Russian team competing as WG2 is third with its B team, and Skye Blakely (USA) held on to a bars final spot. Our sleep-deprived reactions from inside Rotterdam Ahoy after day two of women’s qualification at the 2026 World Championships. This is our live post-qualification Q&A show.
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CHAPTERS
Full Club episode. The free preview runs through 25:10.
00:00 Welcome to Rotterdam, day two
01:23 Breaking news from the Spanish federation
02:55 Kaylia Nemour leads the all-around
08:45 China qualifies first
12:06 Flávia Saraiva saves Brazil
14:18 Russia, not Russia, in third
15:34 Great Britain’s beam meltdown
16:47 Becky Downie delivers
18:36 Biggest surprise: Skye Blakely makes the bars final
19:48 Opportunities for comedy
21:08 Best moments: Hillary Heron and the Thriller
23:18 Club bonus begins
24:45 The hair dryer story
26:31 Fact Checker update
28:38 Deep dive: Sweden and Romania
29:48 Algeria, Argentina and Ukraine
31:37 France
34:37 The Netherlands: Sanne Wevers’ last routine
38:30 Canada’s floor secret
42:37 Gabrielle Black’s vault redo
44:57 Russia, not Russia
46:54 Brazil
49:54 Goodbye until tomorrow
HEADLINES
- Kaylia Nemour (ALG) leads the all-around at 55.999 despite a no-credit switch half on beam, an extra kip on bars and a step out on floor, and Algeria competed as a team at Worlds for the first time. Guest judge Kristie Phillips explains the D-scores.
- China qualifies first despite a rare bars disaster and a fall on a beam dismount: two huge beam sets and vault scores that matched Team USA’s. What it should tell the United States.
- Flávia Saraiva (BRA) vaulted after all, and it was the difference: Brazil made the team final by 0.168. Rebeca Andrade (BRA)‘s textbook Lopez.
- The Russian team competing as WG2 qualifies third with its B team, led by Alena Glotova, with Aliya Mustafina coaching.
- Great Britain‘s beam meltdown: four routines, four falls, and first team out. Becky Downie (GBR) hits bars when it mattered most.
- Skye Blakely (USA) holds on to a spot in the bars final.
- Best moments: Hillary Heron (PAN)‘s Biles, Malaysia’s Thriller floor routine, and a South Korean coach’s leapfrog.
- Club deep dive: France with Morgane Osyssek (FRA), Sanne Wevers (NED)‘s final routine, Vera van Pol (NED)‘s rave, why Canada’s floor scores are the highest in qualifying, Ellie Black (CAN), Gabrielle Black (CAN)‘s vault redo, and Brazil’s tough day with Sophia Weisberg (BRA).
- Plus the hair dryer story, and a Fact Checker update.
TODAY IN ROTTERDAM
Women’s qualification, day two. Rotterdam time first, then Pacific time. Every session in your time zone is on Worlds HQ.
- Subdivision 4, 09:30 (12:30 a.m. PT): Sweden and individuals
- Subdivision 5, 11:05 (2:05 a.m. PT): Ukraine, Algeria, Argentina and individuals
- Subdivision 6, 12:40 (3:40 a.m. PT): France, Malaysia and individuals
- Subdivision 7, 16:00 (7:00 a.m. PT): Netherlands, Great Britain and individuals
- Subdivision 8, 17:35 (8:35 a.m. PT): Canada, Spain and individuals
- Subdivision 9, 19:35 (10:35 a.m. PT): Switzerland, Brazil and individuals
- Subdivision 10, 21:10 (12:10 p.m. PT): China, South Korea and individuals
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Tomorrow: the men’s team final, plus China and South Korea from women’s qualifying, live 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: 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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