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World champion Skye Blakely achieved a 100% hit rate at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, a marked change from past years and one that strengthens her case for the 2028 Olympic team.

From a ruptured Achilles tendon at the U.S. Olympic Trials to all-around gold in her fourth world gymnastics championships, Skye Blakely’s comeback has come full circle.

Rebeca Andrade won gold in the women’s vault final at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Claire Pease won silver while newly-crowned all-around champion Skye Blakely claimed bronze.

American, 22, edges Britain’s Jake Jarman by 0.033 Richard is first US man to win floor gold since 2003 Simone Biles watches as American claims world title American Frederick Richard won the floor exercise title at the world gymnastics championships in Rotterdam on Saturday, finishing ahead of Britain’s Jake Jarman and Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat. With US gymnastics great Simone Biles looking on as a spectator in the Netherlands, the 22-year-old Richard secured his first world title, edging out Jarman by just 0.033 points after scoring 14.633. Jarman, the defending world champion, was among a field that included the last two Olympic gold medallists. Continue reading...

Former USA team doctor Larry Nassar’s 2018 conviction sparked a global reckoning in gymnastics, yet gymnasts say they are still being let down It has been 10 years since the Indianapolis Star published allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, setting off a chain of events that would lead to a reckoning for the sport. Hundreds of women came forward with their own allegations against Nassar, who also worked at Michigan State University, leading to his conviction and jailing. The exposure of his crimes sparked a wider investigation into how gymnastics had allowed predators to abuse young athletes around the world. While Nassar was the worst recorded case, it emerged many other countries had questions to answer about the failure to protect victims from not only sexual but physical and emotional abuse. But a decade later, on a large houseboat moored in Rotterdam three tram stops away from the Ahoy Arena, where the World Gymnastics Championships are taking place this week, survivors and advocates raised fears about the slow pace of change. Continue reading...

American, 21, wins world all-around title in Rotterdam Blakely ruptured achilles before 2024 Olympic trials First US champion since Simone Biles three years ago Skye Blakely completed a sensational comeback from a ruptured achilles tendon to win the women’s all-around title at the World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam on Friday, claiming the biggest individual prize in the sport outside the Olympics. The 21-year-old American scored 55.733 points across four apparatus to finish ahead of Russia’s Liudmila Roshchina (55.199), with China’s Ke Qinqin taking bronze (55.032). Continue reading...

Skye Blakely won the women's all-around gold medal on Friday at the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, becoming the ninth American woman to win the coveted title.

After leading the women’s gymnastics team final at the halfway point of the world championships, Team USA’s hopes for gold were dashed after mistakes — and a judging call — on balance beam.

China won the women’s team final gold over Team USA at the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, ending the Americans’ run of seven consecutive world team titles.

Team USA's men's gymnastics team missed the podium at the 2026 World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, finishing sixth. The result was the team's worst finish in a team final since 2006.