U.S.'s Blakely captures 'dream' all-around gold at gymnastics worlds — SkimNews
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- Skye Blakely won the women’s all-around at the 2026 world championships with 55.733 points across four routines, more than half a point ahead of silver medalist Liudmila Roshchina and bronze medalist Ke Qinqin.
- Blakely tore her right Achilles at the 2024 Olympic trials, then spent two years rebuilding her body and routines as a University of Florida event specialist before running out of gas at August’s U.S. championships.
- Blakely posted 14.200 on beam with no missed connections and few wobbles, preserved her lead after entering the third rotation in front and turned her floor exercise into a victory lap.
- The U.S. ended a long run of world team gold with second place to China, shaped by China’s strong beam work and American errors including Blakely’s; two days later, Blakely became the ninth American woman to win the all-around title.
- Kaylia Nemour finished fourth in her bid to become the first African gymnast to win a world all-around title after simplifying her vault on a poor springboard landing; even one of gymnastics’ hardest uneven-bars routines could not erase the deficit.
- Claire Pease finished seventh after hopping off beam, ending her effort to join Blakely on the medal stand.
Why it matters: Blakely’s 55.733-point victory makes her the ninth American woman to win the all-around title, giving the U.S. an individual world champion two days after finishing second in the team final. It also turns her August return—after two years away from elite all-around competition—into a complete reversal from running out of gas.
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