Worlds Apparatus Finals Day 1 Preview: Five Titles Decided Saturday Starting 5:00 AM PT
ROTTERDAM — The 2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships move into apparatus finals on Saturday, October 24. Day 1 begins at 2:00 PM local time in Rotterdam — 5:00 AM Pacific — with five titles on the line: men's floor exercise, pommel horse and still rings, and women's vault and uneven bars. Peacock and NBCSN carry the coverage in the United States.
Newly crowned women's all-around champion Skye Blakely of the United States (55.733, as GSM reported) is expected back in action on vault and uneven bars. On the men's side, medals in floor, pommel horse and rings will be decided in the early-morning session.
Day 2 follows on Sunday: men's vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar, women's balance beam and floor exercise. With Europe ending daylight saving time on October 25, Sunday's session starts at 6:00 AM Pacific — one hour later than Saturday.
(GSM, from USA Gymnastics' event schedule)
Source: GSM · USA
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：女子体操比赛资料图（2022年欧洲锦标赛）。摄影 Sandro Halank，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Women's gymnastics, file photo (2022 European Championships). Photo by Sandro Halank, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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