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Leanne Wong Wins Silver in World Championships All-Around – Florida Gators
Wong, sitting fourth before the final rotation, delivered a clutch Cheng vault that earned the highest vault score of the day (14.466) and launched her into the lead—until Melnikova’s closing floor routine edged her out for gold.
➡️ Vault
➡️ Leanne Wong
➡️ 14.466 pic.twitter.com/MIgCB6EG69
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) October 23, 2025
The one-two all-around finish was a repeat of the 2021 World Championships, when Melnikova and Wong also went one-two.
“Of course it’s disappointing to see your name go to second place, but overall I’m happy with the competition,” Wong said, according to the FIG. “I just take it a competition at a time, and I was happy to make it to the Worlds and to be winning a medal.”
U.S. teammate Dulcy Caylor took 13th in the final standings.
Another Gator looks for World Championships hardware tomorrow. Rising sophomore Skye Blakely earned a place in the uneven bars final after posting a score of 14.166 to qualify seventh. That final will take place Friday, Oct. 24 at 3 a.m. ET.
Coverage of the World Championships event finals streams live on Peacock.
13.800 gets Leanne Wong’s AA pursuit underway 🇺🇸
Live Scores: https://t.co/5yEgB1qUxF#ARTWorlds2025 #Gymnastics pic.twitter.com/GlSrMkHwng
— FIG (@gymnastics) October 23, 2025
➡️ Balance Beam
➡️ Leanne Wong
➡️ 13.500Watch live on Peacock! pic.twitter.com/erHhBjfUay
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) October 23, 2025
➡️ Floor Exercise
➡️ Leanne Wong
➡️ 13.200Watch live on Peacock! pic.twitter.com/hZFhKsLu5j
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) October 23, 2025
World Championships All-Around Final Scores
| World Championships All-Around Top 15 | |||
| Place | Name | Nation | Total |
| 1 | Angelina MELNIKOVA | AIN | 55.066 |
| 2 | Leanne WONG | USA | 54.966 |
| 3 | Qingying ZHANG | CHN | 54.633 |
| 4 | Kaylia NEMOUR | ALG | 54.564 |
| 5 | Asia D’AMATO | ITA | 53.532 |
| 6 | Rina KISHI | JPN | 53.232 |
| 7 | Aiko SUGIHARA | JPN | 53.132 |
| 8 | Abigail MARTIN | GBR | 52.998 |
| 9 | Naomi VISSER | NED | 52.299 |
| 10 | Ruby EVANS | GBR | 52.066 |
| 11 | Liudmila ROSHCHINA | AIM | 51.999 |
| 12 | Breanna SCOTT | AUS | 51.798 |
| 13 | Dulcy CAYLOR | USA | 51.532 |
| 14 | Alba PETISCO | ESP | 51.399 |
| 15 | Kaia TANSKANEN | FIN | 51.266 |
2025 FIG World Championships Schedule – Women
Senior women’s competition schedule:
- Friday, Oct. 24 | 3 a.m. ET | Vault & Uneven Bars Final | Peacock
- Saturday, Oct. 25 | 3 a.m. ET | Balance Beam & Floor Exercise Final | Peacock
Tape-Delay
- Sunday, Oct. 26 | 12 p.m. ET | Women’s All-Around Final | NBC
A diver who was reported missing near the Fort Pierce Inlet has been found dead, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.
The U.S. Coast Guard received a mayday call around 11:30 a.m. June 27 about the missing diver. The Coast Guard then notified the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which deployed four boats to assist in the search, according to a social media post by the Sheriff’s Office. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office marine unit also responded.
Friends of the missing diver joined the search, departing from Fort Pierce Inlet around 1 p.m.
The search, which included aerial support from the Coast Guard and FWC, focused on an area about six to seven miles north-northeast of the Fort Pierce Inlet, near Avalon State Park.
Around 4:10 p.m., the group of civilian divers entered the water and located the missing diver at the bottom of the ocean in about 55 feet of water. The diver was recovered and pronounced dead.
The body was transported to Coast Guard Station Fort Pierce. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division is investigating the incident.
No additional information is available at this time.
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Colleen Wixon is the Indian River County government watchdog reporter for TCPalm and Treasure Coast Newspapers.
The Florida Lottery offers several draw games for those hoping to win one of the available jackpots.
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The Agrculture Department says the error rate in the SNAP food program for low-income families is high and might trigger a nearly $1 billion penalty.
Florida is not performing well when it comes to managing food assistance money.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its fiscal year 2025 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payment error rates that measure how accurately states determine who qualifies for SNAP and how much they should receive.
Florida’s error rate for 2025 was 12.97%, which covers both overpayments and underpayments. The national payment error rate for fiscal year 2025 is 10.62%. The 12.97% is more than double the federal threshold of 6% percent that Congress says is acceptable.
The result is the state will have to pay a nearly $1 billion penalty and subsequently could impact the 3 million mostly lower-income Floridians, who rely on that program. Florida is now required to submit a corrective action plan to the USDA detailing a solution.
Florida’s rate is actually down from the 15.1% error rate the year before, it’s still above a 10% threshold that would require Florida and other states to contribute to the program’s future costs. That would come to about $984 million for Florida in the fiscal year that begins in 2028.
Change is part of President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
This change is part of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that focused on finding waste, fraud and abuse in numerous federal programs.
“These payment error rates are further proof that state accountability is severely lacking in SNAP,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement.
Critics predict huge cost shift to state
The Florida Policy Institute, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, called the change a “massive cost shift” from the federal government to the state.
“Now, unless Florida lawmakers act to raise revenue to preserve SNAP and make up for the loss in federal funds, we will see a cut to SNAP program eligibility or benefits, or cuts in other areas of the state budget,” said Holly Bullard, FPI’s chief strategy and development officer.
The Legislature did approve about $4 million in the new state budget for improved methods of finding errors so the rate will go down further.
The federal bill pushed by Trump also cuts SNAP nationally by about $187 billion over 10 years. In Florida, in the first five months since the bill took effect, participation in SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) has dropped by about 10% statewide — more than 277,000 people.
Curt Anderson is the Policy and Politics Reporter for The USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA. You can get all of Florida’s best content directly in your inbox each weekday day by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY at https://tallahassee.com/newsletters.
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