2025 World Championships: Event Finals Day Two: Women’s BB, FX, Men’s VT, HB, PBars

Jessica reports LIVE from Jakarta while Spencer analyzes every detail from GymCastic headquarters on the second day of event finals.

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Headlines

• We have new World Champions!
  • MAG VT: Carlos Yulo
  • WAG BB: Zhang Qingying
  • MAG PB: Zou Jingyuan
  • WAG FX: Sugihara Aiko
  • MAG HB: Brody Malone
• We actually had a high-quality beam final?!!
  • Zhang Qingying takes gold, just as Jessica predicted
  • Amanda Yap becomes the first Singaporean gymnast ever to make an event final!
• Did Carlos Yulo do the best vault men's gymnastics has ever seen?

Chapters

00:00 – We have World Champions! Carlos Yulo, Sugihara, Zhang, Zo, Brody Malone
00:40 – Day Two Recap: Beam, Floor, Vault, High Bar, Parallel Bars
01:42 – Rain, Bats, and PG-14 Warnings

03:10 – Women’s Beam Final
03:42 – Zhang Is Beam World Champion
04:25 – Chinese Beam Precision Explained
06:45 – Nemour & the Artistry Revolution
09:12 – Leaps, Rhythm & Scoring Deep Dive
11:33 – Favorite Beam Moments

12:05 – Women’s Floor Final
12:42 – Sugihara Wins Floor Gold
14:15 – Execution vs Difficulty
16:40 – Dance Deductions & Music Choices
18:27 – Crowd & Celebration Moments

19:10 – Men’s Vault Final
19:52 – Carlos Yulo Vaults to Another Gold
22:14 – Power vs Form
24:38 – Surprise Podium Finishers

26:05 – Parallel Bars Final
26:48 – Zou Jingyuan Dominates P-Bars
28:17 – His Technique & Difficulty Explained
30:12 – Why It Still Shocked Everyone

31:10 – High Bar Final
31:44 – Brody Malone Repeats as World Champion
33:12 – Form, Amplitude, & Why He’s Unbeatable
35:18 – American Men’s Medal Recap

37:02 – Team Moments & Athlete Stories
39:20 – Behind the Scenes: Travel & Interviews
41:35 – Jessica’s Notes from the Arena
43:10 – BTS Teaser – “So Listen to This…”

47:59 – Dinner Plans & Jakarta Stories
49:20 – Spencer’s Restaurant Review
51:45 – VIP Banquet, Athlete Sightings & Card Games

01:16:22 – Wrapping Up Jakarta Coverage

How Do I Watch the Competition?

• • • All sessions of the competition will be streamed on Eurovision Sport. Follow along here!
    • Gymnastics Indonesia’s YouTube channel will stream all qualification sessions
    • Live scores from the FIG and Swiss Timing
    • Check out NBC’s behind-the-scenes mini-doc on the US Women’s World Trials
    • US viewers check out Peacock and NBC broadcast schedlue here.

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Resources

• Jakarta schedule & times: See our live podcast times on the Worlds HQ schedule
• Guides: Download the quick-reference guide on the Jakarta Headquarters page
• The Balance Beam Situation: Spencer’s GIF Code of Points
• Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
• Kensley’s men’s gymnastics site Neutral Deductions

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