ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands — The gymnastics world championships proceed in the present day with a packed day of {qualifications}, together with two males's subdivisions and the primary three girls's subdivisions.
Most notably, the U.S. girls take middle stage in subdivision 1.
USA TODAY's Nancy Armour is on the bottom in Rotterdam bringing you the newest stay updates, reactions, evaluation and highlights. Observe alongside.
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I'm again at Ahoy Area. We get began with a bang, with the Chinese language males within the first of the remaining two qualifying classes. Japan is the defending Olympic and world champion, however China bested its rivals twice this summer time, on the Asian Championships and the Asian Video games. So we'll see if they will surpass what Japan did in qualifying on Saturday, Oct. 17.
A reminder: Japan tops the qualifying standings, adopted by Britain, Russia and america.
Who's on US girls's roster?
03:41 AM ET, October 18 2026, Nancy Armour
- Skye Blakely (Frisco, Texas/College of Florida)
- Charleigh Bullock (Spotsylvania, Va./Capital Gymnastics Nationwide Coaching Heart)
- Reese Esponda (Shenandoah, Texas/World Champions Centre)
- Claire Pease (Sunnyvale, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics)
- Dulcy Caylor (Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre)
- Non-traveling substitute athlete: Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz./Oregon State College Coaching Heart)
- Withdrawn: Hezly Rivera (Plano, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics)
How does gymnastics scoring work?
03:41 AM ET, October 18 2026, Nancy Armour
A gymnastics routine will get two scores: One for issue, often known as the D rating or begin worth, and one for execution. Each gymnastics ability has a numerical worth, and the D rating is the sum whole of the abilities in a routine. (Besides in vault, which is a single ability.) The execution rating, or E rating, displays how properly the abilities have been accomplished. A gymnast begins with a ten.0, and deductions for flaws and kind errors are taken from there.
Add the D and E scores collectively, and that’s your whole for an equipment.
In qualifying, groups will put 4 gymnasts up on every occasion and depend their three greatest scores. The highest eight nations advance to the group remaining, the place scoring begins over. Every group places up three gymnasts on each equipment, and each rating counts. (You'll typically hear this known as three up, three depend.) Must depend a fall, and your possibilities for gold are most likely gone. Rely two or three, and also you'll be watching the medals ceremony with the remainder of the spectators.
The highest 24 all-around gymnasts after qualifying advance to the ultimate, with a restrict of two per nation. The highest eight on every occasion following qualifying make the occasion finals, additionally with a restrict of two per nation.
How does Olympic qualifying work?
03:40 AM ET, October 18 2026, Nancy Armour
The highest three groups within the males's and ladies's group finals qualify for LA28. The remaining 9 groups within the Olympic discipline shall be decided at subsequent 12 months's world championships, that are in Chengdu, China.
Gymnastics world championships schedule in the present day
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Two males's subdivisions open in the present day's motion earlier than three girls's subdivisions wrap the day. Every block options no less than two five-person groups in addition to people whose nations don't have a full group making an attempt to qualify for both the all-around remaining or occasion finals. All instances Japanese.
- 4 a.m., males's subdivision 5: Belgium, Italy, China, Spain, all-around group 3, all-around group 6
- 6:10 a.m., males's subdivision 6: Israel, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Germany, all-around group 10, all-around group 4
- 10 a.m., girls's subdivision 1: Germany, Romania, USA, all-around group 7
- 11:50 a.m., girls's subdivision 2: Japan, Australia, Belgium, all-around group 10
- 1:40 p.m., girls's subdivision 3: Italy, Mexico, all-around group 14, all-around group 8
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