Yahoo Sports Simone Biles: When and How to Watch the Team USA Gymnast Compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics
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The 2024 Summer Olympics have officially kicked off in Paris, which means we’re all on Simone Biles watch until further notice.
Already the most decorated gymnast in history, Simone Biles is poised to break even more records at this year’s Olympic Games. With seven Olympic medals—four of them gold—Biles is just one medal shy of earning the most Olympic medals of any American gymnast, as she’s currently tied with Shannon Miller.
But wait, it gets more exciting. If the 27-year-old wins at least two more gold medals, she will have the most Olympic gold medals of any American gymnast at the Games—a record currently held by five-time Olympic gold medalist Anton Heida.
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This year, Biles will be competing with fellow Tokyo Olympians Sunisa “Suni” Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey, as well as 16-year-old Olympic newcomer Hezly Rivera. Aside from the all-around final and women’s gymnastics team final, Biles is aiming to take home gold in all four individual categories: balance beam, floor, vault, and uneven bars.
Of course, this year’s Games are about more than just medals for Biles, whose journey to Paris marked an incredible comeback from the 2020 Summer Olympics, which took place in Tokyo in 2021. Though Biles took home silver with the rest of Team USA and bronze on the balance beam, the gymnast had to withdraw from multiple competitions after experiencing “the twisties,” a condition that caused her to lose track of where her body was in the air.
“Nobody’s forcing me to do it,” Biles told the press after Team USA’s Olympic Trials in late June, per ABC. “I wake up every day and choose to grind in the gym and come out here and perform for myself. Just to remind myself that I can still do it.”
Below, check out Simone Biles’ complete schedule at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris—and how to tune in live.
July 28: Women’s Gymnastics Qualifications
What happens: According to the Washington Post, this round “determines the teams that advance to the final, as well as which athletes will compete for individual medals in the all-around final and the apparatus finals.” In the qualifying round, four athletes perform on each apparatus, but just the top three scores count toward the team’s total. For Team USA, Biles, Lee, and Chiles will compete on all four events in qualifying. Meanwhile, Carey will compete on vault and Rivera will compete on balance beam and uneven bars.
Something to watch out for: Biles will showcase an original skill on the uneven bars, per AP.
When: Though the entire competition begins at 3:30 a.m. ET, Team USA will be competing at 5:40 a.m. ET
How to watch: You can stream the events live on Peacock or watch on NBC. NBC will also replay the competition during primetime coverage at 7 p.m. ET.
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July 30: Women’s Gymnastics Final
When: 1:15 a.m. ET
How to watch: Peacock and NBC. NBC will replay the competition at 8 p.m. ET.
August 1: Women’s Gymnastics All-Around Final
When: 12:15 a.m. ET
How to Watch: Peacock and NBC. NBC will replay the competition at 8 p.m. ET.
August 3: Women’s Gymnastics Vault Final
When: 10:20 a.m. ET
How to Watch: Peacock and NBC. NBC will replay the competition at 8 p.m. ET.
August 4: Women’s Artistic Uneven Bars Final
When: 9:00 a.m. ET
How to Watch: Peacock and NBC. NBC will replay the competition at 7 p.m. ET.
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August 5: Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam Final
When: 6:36 a.m. ET
How to Watch: Peacock and NBC. NBC will replay the competition at 8 p.m. ET.
August 5: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Floor Exercise Final
When: 8:20 a.m. ET
How to Watch: Peacock and NBC. NBC will replay the competition at 8 p.m. ET.
This post may be updated.
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