China ends the U.S. women's world team gold run by 0.233 points
NBC Sports' Rotterdam recap follows a strong vault rotation into a shaky beam, and its streak-ending title has viewers arguing for silver.
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STREAK SNAPPED! U.S. women's gymnastics team's golden run ends JUST SHY of 8 straight at worlds
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- 0:42Claire Pease's Cheng vault draws high praise from the commentary booth.
- 1:21Skye Blakely anchors the vault rotation and sticks her Yurchenko double full.
- 3:22Blakely's uneven bars set, full of quick transitions, earns the team's top bars mark.
- 4:58Dulcy Caylor's beam routine ends with a fall on the dismount.
- 7:16Pease answers on beam, with her score confirmed after an inquiry.
- 12:48The final standings graphic shows the margin between China and the United States.
Seven world team titles in a row, and the eighth slipped away by less than a quarter of a point. At the World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, China finished 0.233 ahead of the United States, with Japan taking bronze. NBC Sports' companion upload puts it another way: China is the first nation to beat the American women in a team final in 16 years.
The highlights open with the Americans looking every bit like favorites. Charleigh Bullock leads off with a Yurchenko double full. Claire Pease follows with a Cheng vault, and a commentator calls it "the best one I have ever seen from her." Skye Blakely anchors the rotation by sticking her own Yurchenko double full, then delivers the team's best bars score. "Skye Blakely is in a zone in Rotterdam," says John in the booth.
Beam is where the gold got away. Dulcy Caylor falls on her dismount, Pease answers with an attacking routine that is scored after an inquiry, and Blakely over-rotates her dismount but stays on her feet. Reese Esponda closes the floor rotation with a step out of bounds before the final standings come up.
The recap passed 37,000 views in seven hours, and its comment section filled far faster than the channel's usual handful on a first day. Much of the talk is about the title itself: many viewers call it overly dramatic and insist a world silver is worth celebrating. One points out that the Americans have kept a different streak alive, reaching the team podium at every worlds since 2001. Others debate form deductions and scoring, or note how young this lineup is with the Los Angeles 2028 Games two years away.
The channel also posted the team's own reaction, with Blakely, Esponda, Bullock, Pease, Caylor and Hezly Rivera talking through the final.
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What viewers say
Silver medal is something to be proud of.
@carolcatcakegirlSee it on YouTubeWe still have a streak… finishing on the podium every year since 2001.
@EmilyNGymFanSee it on YouTubeThe title is so dramatic lol
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This competition was China's to lose, and they delivered. USA should be proud for staying right with them until the end.
@orcachick2005See it on YouTubeDevastated they lost Gold by 2 tenths but soo proud of them!!! They did so well and they should be so proud to be world silver medalists!! 🇺🇸❤❤❤
@BriannamersonSee it on YouTubeFor such a young team they did great. 2 years to lock it in.
@mom2knSee it on YouTubeThey are doing great, competing strong and figuring out how to forge a path to the next Olympics without Simone - who may ultimately choose to compete, but they have to be able to do it without her, too. This is a loaded team gaining valuable experience.
@yayshowvids6427See it on YouTubeCompletely unnecessary headline, they did great. They qualified for the Olympics and got silver. This is a great start for the road to LA 2028. 🎉
@jrecords2288See it on YouTubeProud of all these ladies!!
@EmilyNGymFanSee it on YouTubeGreat work girls!!!! ❤ we are SO PROUD of you all!!!
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The Yurchenko vault, used by Bullock and Blakely, is named after a gymnast from which country?
Natalia Yurchenko, the Soviet gymnast who pioneered the round-off entry onto the vault in the early 1980s, gave the vault family its name.