With the last two individual all-around Olympic champions — Simone Biles and Suni Lee — finishing first and third in qualification, along with Jade Carey in fourth, Team USA is the favorite heading into the team final in women’s artistic gymnastics. After a silver medal finish in Tokyo, Team USA is looking to get back to the top of the medal stand, where they were in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
In fact, Team USA hasn’t missed the podium in the women’s artistic gymnastics team event since 1988. Biles and Lee, who will both look to become the first woman since 1968 to win two Olympic gold medals in the individual all-around, anchor the team, along with Carey, Tokyo Games silver medalist Jordan Chiles and Olympic rookie Hezly Rivera.
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Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:42 PM GMT+2
Flavia Saraiva of Brazil, who fell on bars during warmups, is moving ahead despite the injury. She performed a solid routine on bars with a bandage on her right eyebrow, and looks healthy enough to keep competing.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:40 PM GMT+2
Biles’ husband, NFL player Jonathan Owens, is in Paris supporting his wife with an excellent Biles-centric shirt. Owens got special permission from the Chicago Bears to miss practice so he can support Biles.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:36 PM GMT+2
Simone Biles completes her vault with ease, showcasing her skill in the air. A massive 14.900 for Biles on the event that she pulled out of in Tokyo. An incredible start for Team USA.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:31 PM GMT+2
Jade Carey, competing in her only event today, nails her vault, hopping a bit on the landing but otherwise looking great. She scores a 14.800, with a 9.200 execution. Great work from Carey to give the U.S. an early cushion on points.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:28 PM GMT+2
Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva had a hard fall on the uneven bars during warmups, and was down for a while. She’s up now and being tended to on the side, but it’s unclear if it will affect her ability to compete. Something to keep an eye on — Brazil is one of the United States’ main competition today.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:25 PM GMT+2
Jordan Chiles is up first on vault, getting good height and with just a little hop on the landing. She scores 14.400, a great score to start things off for the U.S.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:23 PM GMT+2
There are eight teams in total in today’s competition: USA, Italy, China, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Great Britain and Romania. Team USA will be rotating with Italy.
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:14 PM GMT+2
Each team selects three gymnasts for each event, and every score will be counted towards the team score. As a result, teams are likely to pick consistent performers on those events, and will finish with their ace.
For Team USA, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles will compete in all four events, demonstrating their consistency. Biles will anchor three of four events — vault, beam and floor, all three of which she is dominant in — and Suni Lee will anchor bars, her specialty.
Set in stone, ready to bring it home. ⤵️
The U.S. Women will compete for a spot on the medal podium during tomorrow’s Team Final!
VT ➡️ Chiles, Carey, Biles
UB ➡️ Chiles, Biles, Lee
BB ➡️ Chiles, Lee, Biles
FX ➡️ Lee, Chiles, Biles pic.twitter.com/7Z7hdGnNhq
— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) July 29, 2024
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:09 PM GMT+2
Jade Carey, the reigning gold medalist in the floor exercise, struggled in qualifications and later revealed that she had been ill for a few days before the prelim round. Carey will compete on the vault today in the team event, but will leave the rest of the rotations to her teammates.
i haven’t been feeling the best the past few days but i gave it everything i had today. thank you for all the support i have received. i’m so grateful ❤️❤️ https://t.co/52r9JtsXkN
— Jade Carey (@jadeacarey) July 28, 2024
Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:06 PM GMT+2Tue, July 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM GMT+2Biles had a message for America ahead of the gymnastics team final, which starts in 10 minutesTue, July 30, 2024 at 5:45 PM GMT+2Simone Biles’ husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, will be in Paris to cheer the GOAT onTue, July 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM GMT+2Simone Biles is and always has been tough
And now, Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel writes, she can prove that to the world — even though she doesn’t need to.
Simone Biles, of United States, smiles after competing on the vault during a women’s artistic gymnastics qualification round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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