World gymnastics all-around final: Skye Blakely wins gold
The American returns from a 2024 Achilles rupture to take the women’s title in Rotterdam, becoming the first US winner since Simone Biles in 2023.
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The American returns from a 2024 Achilles rupture to take the women’s title in Rotterdam, becoming the first US winner since Simone Biles in 2023.
American Skye Blakely won the women’s all-around title at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam on Friday, 23 October. The 21-year-old scored 55.733 points to finish ahead of Russia’s Liudmila Roshchina and China’s Ke Qinqin.
The victory came little more than two years after Blakely ruptured her right Achilles tendon during floor-exercise training, two days before the US trials for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The injury required surgery and ended her season, the Guardian reported.
The all-around combines scores from four events: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. BBC Sport also reported the completed British placings.
| Place | Gymnast | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skye Blakely | US | 55.733 |
| 2 | Liudmila Roshchina | Russia | 55.199 |
| 3 | Ke Qinqin | China |
Richard and Pease won floor, Andrade took women’s vault and Zou won parallel bars on October 24–25 in Rotterdam. Artur Davtyan won men’s vault with 14.850 on October 25.
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| 13 | Alice Kinsella | Britain | 52.765 |
| 18 | Abi Martin | Britain | 51.599 |
Blakely entered the final as the second-ranked qualifier. After her uneven-bars and balance-beam routines, she took a lead of more than a point into floor exercise and held on to win, the Guardian reported. She became the first American women’s world all-around champion since Simone Biles in 2023.
The championships are scheduled to continue until Sunday, 25 October, according to BBC Sport.
The Armenian gymnast scored 14.850 points in the men’s final in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to take gold.
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Armenia’s reigning European champion scored 14.233 points to finish third in Rotterdam.
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