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Hezly Rivera Out, Skye Blakely Leads + Robot Judges Strike Again | Worlds Qualification Day 1 Oct 18, 2026

Show notes

Hezly Rivera is out, Dulcy Caylor is in, and Skye Blakely had the day of her life. Our sleep-deprived reactions from inside Rotterdam Ahoy after day one of women's qualification at the 2026 World Championships: Team USA leads with no falls, Italy is one floor hit from something special, Japan counted three misses, and Mexico beat Belgium and Romania. Plus robot judging downgrades Carlos Yulo's vault, Manila Esposito's perfect-execution beam and Sabrina Voinea's raven.

This is the free 26-minute preview. The full 74-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 48 more minutes, nearly two-thirds of the show, including Team USA event by event, the men's qualification recap, the Gymnasts for Change boat party and your letters. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal.

GymCastic Live in Rotterdam on October 24 with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir is sold out in person, but virtual tickets are still available.

This episode is presented by Sand and Sea Luxury Travel Advisors. Plan your dream trip at go.sandandsea.travel/gcnotes and use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to Rotterdam

01:17 Breaking news: Hezly Rivera withdraws, Dulcy Caylor in

03:07 Jade Carey and the "stay-at-home alternate"

05:34 Hezly's blanket

07:44 Robot judging: Carlos Yulo's vault downgrade and Frederick Richard's floor deduction

11:12 Team USA leads after day one

13:44 Skye Blakely leads the all-around

15:10 Claire Pease and the Cheng

16:36 Mexico beats Belgium and Romania

19:22 Opportunities for comedy: Sabrina Voinea's raven

21:30 Scott Bregman's Gymnastipedia

22:38 Manila Esposito's beam and Marta Pihan-Kulesza

24:28 Join Club Gym Nerd for the rest

25:32 Club preview: Cécile Landi's story

Links

Episode page

2026 World Championships Headquarters

Worlds Coverage Bundle: 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99

Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker

Kaylia Nemour's Mixed Day, Russia's B Team + Worlds Roster Chaos | Worlds Podium Training Day 2 Oct 17, 2026

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Day two of women's podium training at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam. Kaylia Nemour had a mixed day on bars and vault, Russia brought a full team without Angelina Melnikova and still looked good, and the qualification lists have turned into chaos. Plus Rebeca Andrade's vault, the judges who coach from the sidelines, and why Fact Checker is in the hospital.

This is the free 21-minute preview. The full 47-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 26 more minutes, more than half the show, including our full conversation with Aliya Mustafina and the live Club Q&A. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal.

Get tickets for GymCastic Live in Rotterdam on October 24 with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir.

This episode is presented by Sand and Sea Luxury Travel Advisors. Plan your dream trip at go.sandandsea.travel/gcnotes and use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to podium training, day two

01:07 Rebeca Andrade on vault

02:18 Watching the judges up close

04:58 A Tim Gunn for every event

05:29 Will Andrade's Lopez get layout credit?

06:39 Kaylia Nemour: bars, beam and vault

09:34 GymCastic Live in Rotterdam with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir

10:58 Russia's B team

13:25 The qualification and registration chaos

16:51 The French team vs. the beam sticker

18:11 Aliya Mustafina, and our conversation continues for Club members

20:03 Why Fact Checker is in the hospital

Links

Episode page

2026 World Championships Headquarters

Worlds Coverage Bundle: 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99

Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker

Robot Judges Force Reese Esponda's Floor Change + Russia's Visa Drama | Worlds Podium Training Day 1 Oct 15, 2026

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Our first daily show from inside Rotterdam Ahoy at the 2026 World Championships. Three Russian women, including Angelina Melnikova, were refused visas days before the meet. Reese Esponda's coach tells us why she had to change her floor routine at the last minute, and we explain how robot judging is deciding difficulty here in Rotterdam.

This is the free 22-minute preview. The full 62-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 40 more minutes, nearly two-thirds of the show, including Hezly Rivera's ankle and the alternate rules, our behind-the-scenes stories and the rest of podium training. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal.

Congratulations to our raffle winners, and thank you to everyone who supported our Worlds fundraiser. Get tickets for GymCastic Live in Rotterdam on October 24 with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir.

This episode is presented by Sand and Sea Luxury Travel Advisors. Plan your dream trip at go.sandandsea.travel/gcnotes and use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to Rotterdam

01:20 Breaking news: Russia's visa drama

04:46 GymCastic Live in Rotterdam with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir

06:30 Reese Esponda's floor change: our interview with her coach

10:56 Explainer: robot judges, Fujitsu and the barani

16:50 Who gets told what, and when

19:45 Our conversation continues for Club members

20:35 Raffle winners

Links

Episode page

2026 World Championships Headquarters

Worlds Coverage Bundle: 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99

Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker

2026 Worlds Preview Part 2: Andrade, Melnikova & China's Beam Powerhouse Oct 12, 2026

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Part two of our Rotterdam World Championships preview, subdivisions 6 through 10. We're living in the age of Rebeca Andrade and Angelina Melnikova, so what history is on the line for two of the most decorated gymnasts ever? We size up breakout star Elena Colas and France, Great Britain on the team-final bubble, a veteran Netherlands team on home soil, Russia (competing as AIN), Canada, Spain and Brazil, then ask whether China has the vaults to go with its beam and bars. Plus a Man Break with Carlos Yulo, Casimir Schmidt and reports that Zhang Boheng is off China's roster, and our vault and beam final previews.

Club Gym Nerd members get every episode ad-free, live Q&A after every day of Worlds and hours of extra Rotterdam podcasts. Join Club Gym Nerd. Want a taste first? The Worlds Bundle: three months of Club Gym Nerd, one payment, no auto-renewal.

Our Worlds coverage is brought to you by Sand & Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.

Live shows

Rotterdam, Saturday October 24 after event finals, with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir

New York City, Friday December 4, with Katelyn Ohashi

Streaming and in-person tickets at gymcastic.com

Worlds tools

2026 World Championship Headquarters: the schedule in your time zone and the 2026 leaderboard

Worlds Roster Tracker

Elite Score Explorer

Chapters

00:00 Welcome + Sand & Sea Travel

01:15 Worlds schedule and what's on the line

02:24 The age of Andrade and Melnikova

05:23 Subdivision 6: France and Malaysia

11:35 Live shows: Rotterdam and NYC with Katelyn Ohashi

12:06 Subdivision 7: Great Britain and the Netherlands

20:00 Man Break: the men's all-around

27:50 Carlos Yulo, Casimir Schmidt and an upside-down iron cross

33:06 Updates: Worlds HQ leaderboard and the Worlds Bundle

35:47 Subdivision 8: Russia (AIN), Canada and Spain

43:43 Subdivision 9: Brazil and Switzerland

48:18 Vault preview

51:13 Subdivision 10: China and South Korea

1:00:52 Beam preview

1:03:33 See you in Rotterdam

Our daily Rotterdam podcasts start October 15 after women's podium training.

SafeSport Bans McKayla Maroney's Former Coach, Florida Cuts Three Gymnasts and Russia's Visa Countdown Oct 10, 2026

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SafeSport has made Artur Akopyan, McKayla Maroney's former coach, permanently ineligible and suspended Galina Marinova for a year. Florida has removed Skylar Draser, Ly Bui and Lily Bruce from its roster. And days before Worlds, Russia still doesn't have its visas. Jessica and Spencer break it all down as they pack for Rotterdam.

This teaser is just the beginning. The full episode continues for Club Gym Nerd members with a recruiting-trip story, your questions on Danie Ferris and the Worlds entry list, U.S. vault dominance, the biomechanics of the Cheng, Kaylia Nemour and France, and more. Join Club Gym Nerd, or try the Worlds Coverage Bundle: three months of daily coverage from Rotterdam, no auto-renewal.

GymCastic Live: virtual tickets are on sale for Rotterdam with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir and New York City with Katelyn Ohashi.

Brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.

Everything you need for Worlds is at our 2026 World Championships Headquarters and Worlds Roster Tracker.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to Behind the Scenes

02:56 Breaking: SafeSport sanctions Artur Akopyan and Galina Marinova

04:03 Cecile Landi to Worlds with Mexico; Gymnasts for Change in Rotterdam

05:01 Russia still waiting on Worlds visas

08:19 GymCastic Live in Rotterdam and New York City

08:53 Worlds withdrawals, including Jennifer Williams

11:12 Florida removes three gymnasts

2026 Worlds Preview Part 1: Team USA, Kaylia Nemour & Japan's Medal Threat Oct 07, 2026

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Part one of our Rotterdam World Championships preview, subdivision by subdivision. Are the U.S. women the team favorites after seven straight world titles, and what counts as a successful Worlds for Skye Blakely, Hezly Rivera, Claire Pease, Reese Esponda and Charleigh Bullock? We size up Japan's first real shot at a team medal in 60 years with Aiko Sugihara and breakout star Misa Nishiyama, ask whether Kaylia Nemour is the all-around favorite, preview the floor and bars finals, and run through Germany, Romania, Australia, Belgium, Italy, Mexico, Sweden, Belarus, Argentina, Ukraine and the individuals you shouldn't miss. Plus: the Worlds nominative roster scare and a Ukrainian report alleging Russian money behind the FIG.

Get every episode ad-free, live Q&A after every day of Worlds and hours of extra Rotterdam podcasts with Club Gym Nerd. Want a taste first? The Worlds Bundle gets you three months of Club Gym Nerd with no auto-renewal.

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Live shows: Rotterdam, Saturday October 24 after event finals, with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. New York City, Friday December 4, with Katelyn Ohashi. Streaming and in-person tickets at gymcastic.com.

Win a full commissioned episode: you pick the topic, we talk about it for an hour and a half. Enter the raffle by October 9.

Worlds tools: 2026 World Championship Headquarters (schedule in your time zone and the new leaderboard), Worlds Roster Tracker and the Elite Score Explorer.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome + Full Commission raffle

00:57 Breaking news: the Worlds roster scare

02:05 Report: Russian money and the FIG

05:34 Worlds schedule and what's on the line

09:45 Live shows: NYC with Katelyn Ohashi and Rotterdam

11:09 Subdivision 1: Is Team USA the favorite?

20:48 Germany, Romania and Amanda Yap

29:39 Subdivision 2: Japan, Australia and Belgium

36:16 Floor preview

40:35 Updates: Worlds HQ leaderboard and the Worlds Bundle

43:45 Subdivisions 3 and 4: Italy, Mexico, Sweden and Belarus

49:15 Subdivision 5: Kaylia Nemour, Argentina and Ukraine

58:16 Bars preview

Part two (France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, China and a Man Break) is out next week. Our daily Rotterdam podcasts start October 15.

We Have a Worlds Team: Skye, Charleigh, Reese, Claire & Hezly Oct 02, 2026

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The 2026 U.S. women's World Championships team is set: Skye Blakely, Charleigh Bullock, Reese Esponda, Claire Pease and Hezly Rivera, with Dulcy Caylor as traveling alternate and Jade Carey as non-traveling alternate. Fresh off Day Two of World Team Trials in Tennessee, Jessica and Spencer break down why the five is the team, debate Jade's Cheng and the alternate decision, and run a lightning round on Rotterdam qualification and team final lineups.

This teaser is just the beginning of our weekly Behind the Scenes live Q&A. Club Gym Nerd members get the full 83-minute episode, ad-free: Jessica becomes tech support for the judges, Shilese Jones' comeback news, Rotterdam live show plans, gymnastics' floor music "Lore Horses," the case for the comebacks and more. Join Club Gym Nerd.

You pick the topic. We make the episode. Enter our Full Commission Raffle by October 9.

Brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS.

Chapters

00:00 The 2026 U.S. Worlds Team Is Set

01:51 Jade Carey's Cheng and No Upgrades on Concrete

04:36 Day Two Recap: Claire Pease and Charleigh Bullock on Beam

07:20 Dulcy Caylor vs. Jade Carey: The Alternate Debate

13:35 Lightning Round: Worlds Qualification and Team Final Lineups

21:27 New: World Headquarters, Score Explorer and Roster Lab

24:13 The Commission Raffle, Rotterdam Tee and How to Support Us

Links

U.S. Worlds Team Announcement

GymCastic 2026 Worlds Headquarters

Elite Score Explorer | LA 2028 Roster Lab

Join Club Gym Nerd | Episode page

World Team Trials Day One: Pease & Bullock Lock Worlds Spots Oct 01, 2026

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Claire Pease and Charleigh Bullock are going to Worlds! Reporting from Tennessee, we break down Day One of the 2026 U.S. Women's World Team Trials: Pease's upgrades, Bullock's crucial bars performance, Hezly Rivera's recovery after two bars falls, Skye Blakely's standout day, and what happens next for Jade Carey, Reese Esponda and the three remaining team spots.

This teaser is just the beginning. Join Club Gym Nerd for the full ad-free episode, athlete interviews, behind-the-scenes camp stories, deeper team predictions and our live Q&A.

You pick the topic. We make the episode. Enter our full commission raffle by October 9—the only way to commission a full GymCastic episode right now.

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Who Makes the U.S. World Team? Selection Camp Preview & World Team Updates Sep 28, 2026

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We preview the 2026 U.S. World Team Selection Camp, including the automatic qualification race, t; catch up on Worlds withdrawals, new team announcements and Asian Games. Then we dive into your feedback and questions about spironolactone and drug testing, a Tokyo Olympics rewatch, GymCastic lore, potential shortage of U.S. Brevet judges and more

Want to win a full commissioned episode? Enter our raffle by October 9th! This is the only way to commission a full episode. We will draw the winner at Worlds in Rotterdam!

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