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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Even with Chiles’s struggle on beam, Team USA is in great position heading into floor, with a score of 129.131 after three rotations. Italy is just over three points behind in second place, and Great Britain has snuck into third, just a point back of Italy.
Rebeca Andrade, the Brazilian who is currently second in the individual all-around race, looks stunning on floor. She is easily compared to Biles in terms of her aerials and artistry, and she’s been putting up big numbers today.
Biles is on beam, one of her best events. The reigning Tokyo bronze medalist on the event has a brief scare with only her toes keeping her on the beam, but she nails the dismount and earns herself a great score of 14.366 to close out the rotation.
Suni Lee gets in a great beam routine, and the energy is back for the United States. Her aerial passes look strong and she gets a solid dismount — and she look especially pleased with her performance afterwards. Lee’s 14.600 gives the U.S. another boost with Biles still to go on beam.
Jordan Chiles starting off again in Team USA’s third rotation. She falls while mounting the beam, but goes on to a solid finish and a stick on the landing. It’s a blow to the U.S., as the score of 12.733 must be counted in the total, but there is room to bounce back and hold the lead.
Team USA continue to dominate with a score of 87.432 after two rotations. Italy and China take the next two spots, with second-place Italy more than three full points behind the U.S.
Suni Lee stays strong on her best event, sticking the landing. There’s a small mistake in the middle — her feet brush the ground — but her high difficulty lifts the routine and she earns a 14.566, still the best score of Team USA.
Technically speaking, Simone Biles’s worst event is uneven bars, but that’s not saying much: She does a great job her routine, complete with a stellar landing. She gets a 14.400 to keep the U.S. at the top, with Suni Lee still to compete.
Lots of celebrities in the house for the women’s gymnastics final, with Natalie Portman, Serena Williams and Spike Lee all among those cheering on Team USA.
Jordan Chiles starts off the U.S. on bars with a strong performance, nearly sticking the landing. Chiles (and her parents in the stands) are amped up after that routine, and she scores a 14.366 for her efforts.
Suni Lee falls from the uneven bars during warmups, but gets right back up. Laurie Hernandez, who won gold with Team USA at the Rio Olympics, is on the mic for NBC today and assures us not to worry — “It’s just warmups,” she says.
Biles opted to not do her Yurchenko double pike, her signature skill with a difficulty of 6.4, on vault today. But choosing to not do the skill, known as the Biles II, does not seem like it will affect the United States’ medal chances today.
Team USA is at the top of the standings after one rotation with a score of 44.100. China and Italy trail behind with scores of 42.666 and 41.665, respectively.
Flavia Saraiva of Brazil, who fell on bars during warmups, is moving ahead despite a cut in her face after her knee made contact in the fall. She performed a solid routine on bars with a bandage on her right eyebrow, and looks healthy enough to keep competing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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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