ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (October 25, 2026) – Putting the finishing touches on American performances in Rotterdam Sunday afternoon, Claire Pease (Sunnyvale, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics) and Reese Esponda (Helena, Mont./World Champions Centre) clinched the gold and silver medals on women’s floor exercise to close out the 2026 Artistic World Championships. The U.S. finished atop the medal tables with eight total medals, including three gold.

The final athlete to take the floor, Pease was dominant on Sunday to claim gold with a 13.866, followed by Esponda with a 13.566 and Maiana Prat of France third with a 13.466. Combined with silver medals in team competition and on vault, it was Pease’s third medal of the competition and her first World title in her debut senior Championships, while Esponda earned her second silver of the championships and first individual World medal.

Earlier in the day, 2026 World all-around champion Skye Blakely (Frisco, Texas/University of Florida) was active in the balance beam final. The six-time World medalist finished sixth on the apparatus with a 13.633 after a long week of competition where she successfully hit all 14 of her routines. Kaylia Nemour of Algeria was first (14.566) in the beam final, followed by Zhang Qingying of China in second (14.566) and Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva third (14.300). Blakely finished her 2026 World campaign with four total medals – all-around gold, team silver and vault and uneven bars bronze. She also has two team golds from 2022 and 2023 to bring her career total to six.

A complete medal U.S. medal table is below, along with historical information and facts on the country’s success in Rotterdam. Click here for complete 2026 World Championships results and the USA Gymnastics history page for U.S.-specific information pertaining to the World Championships.

2026 Artistic World Championships U.S. Medal Count
Total: 8

Gold (3)
– Skye Blakely, women’s all-around
– Frederick Richard, men’s floor exercise
– Claire Pease, women’s floor exercise

Silver (3)
– Women’s team (Skye Blakely, Charleigh Bullock, Dulcy Caylor, Reese Esponda, Claire Pease, Hezly Rivera)
– Claire Pease, women’s vault
– Reese Esponda, women’s floor exercise

Bronze (2)
– Skye Blakely, women’s vault
– Skye Blakely, uneven bars

USA Gymnastics Superlatives at the 2026 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

  • With golds from Claire Pease and Frederick Richard, it is the first time the U.S. has swept the women’s and men’s floor titles at a single World Championships competition.
  • Fred Richard is the first American gold medalist on men’s floor exercise since Paul Hamm in 2003 and the first U.S. men’s medalist on the apparatus since Yul Moldauer in 2017.
  • The U.S. now has the most women’s team podium finishes by a country in World Championships history, with 16.
  • With Skye Blakely’s gold, the U.S. women have medaled in the women’s all-around at every World Championship and Olympic competition since 2003, for a total of 24 consecutive competitions, including 18 World Championships. The U.S. has won all-around gold 18 times in those 24 competitions.
  • At 21 years and 261 days, Blakely is the oldest American woman to medal on uneven bars at the World Championships.
  • At 17 years and 285 days, Claire Pease (women’s floor exercise) is the youngest U.S. World champion since Morgan Hurd won the all-around in 2017 and the youngest floor champion from the U.S. since Simone Biles in 2014.
  • Blakely is the fourth American woman to win four medals (team, all-around, vault, uneven bars) at a single World Championships.