Robot Judges Force Reese Esponda's Floor Change + Russia's Visa Drama | Worlds Podium Training Day 1

Our first daily show from inside Rotterdam Ahoy at the 2026 World Championships! 🇳🇱 Three Russian women, including Angelina Melnikova, were refused visas days before the meet. Reese Esponda's coach tells us why she had to change her floor routine at the last minute, and we explain how robot judging is deciding difficulty in Rotterdam. 🤖 🎧 This is just the beginning. Club Gym Nerd members get the full episode (Hezly Rivera's ankle, the alternate rules, the rest of podium training and our behind-the-scenes stories) plus a show from every competition day of Worlds: https://gymcastic.com/club 🏆 Worlds Coverage Bundle, 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99: https://gymcastic.com/product/worlds-... ✈️ Presented by Sand and Sea Luxury Travel Advisors. Plan your dream trip: https://go.sandandsea.travel/gcshow (code GYMCASTICWORLDS) 🌍 Worlds HQ, every session in your time zone: https://gymcastic.com/2026-world-cham... 📋 Rotterdam Worlds Roster Tracker: https://gymcastic.com/2026-worlds-ros... CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome to Rotterdam 01:20 Breaking news: Russia's visa drama 04:46 GymCastic Live in Rotterdam 06:30 Reese Esponda's floor change: our interview with her coach 10:56 Explainer: robot judges, Fujitsu and the barani 16:50 Who gets told what, and when 19:45 Our conversation continues for Club members 20:35 Raffle winners ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎟️ GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: Featuring Eythora Thorsdottir and Bart Deurloo Saturday, Oct 24th after day on of Event Finals 🇳🇱 Streaming and in-person tickets https://gymcastic.com/gymcastic-live-... 🎟️ GymCastic Live in NYC 🗽: Featuring Katelyn Ohashi Friday, Dec 4th, Streaming and in-person tickets https://gymcastic.com/2026-gymcastic-... ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💪 WE ARE LISTENER SUPPORTED 🤸 Join Club Gym Nerd for the ad-free extended episode, live Q&A, complete members-only archive, games, scoring tools, VIP forum and live-show discounts: https://gymcastic.com/club/ 🛍️ Shop GymCastic: https://store.gymcastic.com/ 🧰 GYMCASTIC TOOLS, GAMES AND RESOURCES 🧪 LA 2028 Roster Lab: https://gymcastic.com/2028-roster-lab/ 📊 Elite Score Explorer: https://gymcastic.com/elite-scores/ 📅 International Gymnastics Calendar: https://gymcastic.com/gymnastics-cale... 🎮 GymCastic Games: https://gymcastic.com/games/ 📬 GymCastic Newsletters: https://gymcastic.com/gymcastic-newsl... ⚖️ The Balance Beam Situation: https://balancebeamsituation.com/ 📚 Gymnastics History: https://www.gymnastics-history.com/ ✊ Resistance Resources: https://gymcastic.com/resistance-reso... Cover art and photographs © GymCastic / Steve Cooper. All rights reserved.