Newly minted all-around champ Skye Blakely adds two more medals at world gymnastics championships

Rotterdam, Netherlands (AP) — Newly crowned all-around champion Skye Blakely enhanced her medal tally at the world gymnastics championships, clinching bronze on vault and uneven bars during Saturday's event finals. This marks her third medal of the meet following her gold in the all-around on Friday. The 21-year-old from Dallas demonstrated remarkable energy, averaging a score of 14.466 on her two vaults, tying with gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and teammate Claire Pease for the podium.

Canada’s Lia-Monica Fontaine (14.083) and Ellie Black (13.996) secured the fourth and fifth positions respectively. Andrade, the 2024 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around, edged American teammate Claire Pease for gold, with an average score of 14.666. Kaylia Nemour of Algeria reclaimed her uneven bars gold after a promising start in the Friday final, with a flawless routine scoring 15.333.

Helen Kervic of Germany claimed silver at 14.833, while Blakely secured bronze at 14.600. The U.S. men's team experienced redemption, as American Fred Richard outscored Jake Jarman of Britain in the men's floor exercise, taking gold. Richard’s score of 14.633 surpassed Jarman’s 14.600, marking the third individual gold for the U.S. men’s team in the past two years at the worlds.