Skye Blakely wins all-around gold at 2026 world gymnastics championships
Skye Blakely overcame injuries and setbacks to claim all-around gold at the world championships.
KEY POINTS
- Skye Blakely won all-around gold at the 2026 world gymnastics championships
- She scored 55.733 points, finishing ahead of Liudmila Roshchina and Ke Qinqin
- She tore her right Achilles at the 2024 Olympic trials and missed two years of elite all-around competition
- She became the ninth American woman to win the world all-around title
- The U.S. women's team finished second to China in the team final two days earlier
Skye Blakely won the all-around gold medal at the 2026 world gymnastics championships in Rotterdam. She scored 55.733 points to finish ahead of Russia's Liudmila Roshchina and China's Ke Qinqin.
Blakely tore her right Achilles tendon at the 2024 Olympic trials and stayed away from elite all-around competition for two years. She rebuilt her body and routines slowly before returning to competition.
“Throughout the meet, I was telling myself, 'Do it for the girl in 2021 and the girl in 2024 who couldn't do everything, just fight for her.'”
She returned to the all-around at the U.S. championships in August but ran out of energy on the final day. At the world championships, she delivered four confident routines and won with happy tears.
Blakely became the ninth American woman to win the sport's biggest annual title. The victory came two days after the U.S. women's team finished second to China in the team final.
She told reporters she fought for the versions of herself from 2021 and 2024 who could not do everything. She said she made every version of herself proud.
2 more sources below
COMMENTS (0)
No comments yet. Be the first.
RELATED STORIES
Rubio urges Cubans to cooperate with CIA; Havana mocks recruitment call
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly invited Cubans to contact the CIA, drawing a sharp rebuke from Havana.
Melania Trump Brokers Local Ceasefire in Oleshky for Aid Delivery
First Lady Melania Trump has negotiated a temporary ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations.
Ballon d'Or 2026 winner to be announced in London on Monday
Harry Kane leads predictions for men's award as ceremony moves outside France for the first time.
- US Embassy Accuses Canada of Midterm Interference; Ottawa Denies Claims
- Barcelona Leads La Liga as Real Madrid Prepares for First Clasico
- Ukrainian soldier amputated own leg and survived 491 days before drone evacuation
- India climbs to fifth at Asian Para Games with 88 medals
- Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Tibet, killing at least 16 and injuring 46
This page was compiled with AI assistance from the outlets named above and passed an automated language check before publication. Montegre has no reporters of its own; the byline names the outlets the story was compiled from. Method and editorial standards