Jarman wins vault silver as Pease takes floor gold at Rotterdam Worlds

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Jake Jarman added vault silver to his floor medal on Sunday as the World Gymnastics Championships concluded in Rotterdam. Fellow Briton Abigail Martin narrowly missed the women’s floor podium, losing a tiebreak for bronze after matching France’s Maiana Prat on total score.

Armenia’s Artur Davtyan won the vault title with an average of 14.850 across his two attempts, finishing ahead of Jarman’s 14.650. Norway’s Sebastian Sponevik took bronze with 14.366, while Britain’s Harry Hepworth placed sixth on 14.066.

For Jarman, the result followed Saturday’s floor silver, giving him two podium finishes on the closing weekend. Davtyan stuck both vaults, and his winning average left a margin of 0.200 between the gold and silver medallists.

Claire Pease led an American one-two on women’s floor with 13.866, ahead of Reese Esponda’s 13.566. Prat and Martin both scored 13.466, but the French gymnast received bronze because of her higher execution mark. Alice Kinsella finished eighth with 12.966.

Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour added balance beam gold to her uneven bars title from Saturday. She and China’s Zhang Qingying both scored 14.566, with Nemour winning on execution. Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva completed the podium with 14.300.

China’s Zou Jingyuan won parallel bars with 15.733, ahead of Illia Kovtun on 14.900 and Daniel Marinov on 14.866. On high bar, Chinese Taipei’s Tang Chia-hung took gold with 14.966. Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka claimed silver ahead of Sergei Naidin on execution after both finished on 14.800.

The United States finished top of the medal table with eight medals, including three golds. China also won three titles but collected seven medals overall.

Sources

• World Gymnastics: final results and medal table
• International Gymnast: Davtyan and Nemour win vault and beam (2026-10-25)
• International Gymnast: Zou, Pease and Tang win final titles (2026-10-25)
• Gymnastics Now: full World Championships results