Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team are competing today at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where they’re competing in qualifying. Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles join Biles in the all-around, while Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera will each compete in two events today. (Looking for more Olympic action today? Follow all the other Olympics results and live updates.)
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Is Simone Biles Competing Today?
Yes. Biles is competing today to advance to the all-around gymnastics finals on Thursday, August 1, while the U.S. women’s gymnastics team is competing to advance to the team finals on Tuesday, July 30. Here’s Simone Biles’ Olympic competition schedule.
When will the US gymnastics team compete in the Paris Olympics?
Biles, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera are competing today in the second subdivision, which begins at 5:40 a.m. ET.
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What time is women’s gymnastics today at the Paris Olympics?
Women’s gymnastics qualifying begins at 3:30 a.m. ET with the first subdivision.
How to watch gymnastics at the Paris Olympics
Peacock is live streaming the entire qualifying round. NBC is live streaming Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team in the second subdivision.
Jessica Chastain and Shaun White among celebrities at Olympic gymnastics
There are plenty of A-list fans at Bercy Arena this morning, presumably to see Simone Biles. Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain sits with her family in a section on the north side of the arena, near the jump, a few rows above American snowboarder Shaun White and his girlfriend, Nina Dobrev. Businessman David Lauren, the son of eponymous clothing designer Ralph Lauren, also sits nearby.
Today’s team qualifiers are generating so much interest because it will be Biles’ first time competing at the Paris Olympics, where she’s expected to add a gold medal to her tally. She and the rest of the U.S. team will begin on balance beam shortly after 11:40 a.m. local time (or 5:40 a.m. Eastern).
How many medals does Simone Biles have?
Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast of all time, with 37 medals from the world championships and Olympics. To put that in perspective, that’s more than any men’s team. Combined. The original five-man Chinese team had 37 medals, but they changed their lineup before qualifying and now have just 34. Oh, the men also compete in two more events than the women. Which means Biles has amassed her collection despite having few opportunities to do so.
How do Olympic gymnastics qualifications take place?
Every gymnast, whether competing individually or as a team, must go through qualifying rounds. The number of rounds they compete in depends both on whether they make it to the all-around final and where their country is most in demand, if their country is among the 12 countries competing in the team competition.
Four gymnasts compete in each event in qualifying, and teams can drop their lowest score. The top eight teams after qualifying advance to Tuesday’s team final, where the scores start over, and the Americans are the heavy favorites to win gold.
The top 24 gymnasts in the individual all-around will compete in Thursday’s final, where Biles is expected to become just the third woman, and the first since 1968, to win a second Olympic title. The top eight gymnasts in each event will advance to the event finals, which will be held Aug. 3-5.
But there is a limit of two gymnasts per country for the all-around and for each event final, meaning there will likely be at least one American left out.
U.S. women’s gymnastics teams lined up for Olympic qualifiers
Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles join Simone Biles in the all-around. That means Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera, at 16 the only member of the team who hasn’t competed at the Olympics, will each compete in two events: Carey on vault and floor exercise, where she is the reigning Olympic champion, and Rivera on uneven bars and balance beam.
- Balance beam:Chiles, Rivera, Lee, Biles.
- Floor exercise:Lee, Chiles, Carey, Biles.
- Jump:Lee, Chiles, Carey, Biles.
- Uneven bars:Rivera, Chiles, Biles, Lee.
Who will anchor American women’s gymnastics on each apparatus?
The Americans will start on balance beam and finish on uneven bars. Biles will be the main event, with the exception of uneven bars, where it will be Lee. Bars is Lee’s signature event, and she won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics to go along with her all-around gold. Biles will be the second-to-last on bars. Biles, Carey and Chiles each plan to do two vaults, meaning they will be trying to qualify for the vault final.
Olympic Gymnastics Scoring: How Does It Work?
A gymnastics routine gets two grades: one for difficulty, also called a D-score or starting value, and one for execution. Each gymnastics skill has a numerical value, and the D-score is the sum total of the skills in a routine. The execution score, or E-score, reflects the quality of the skills. A gymnast starts with a 10.0, and deductions for flaws and form errors are taken from there. Add the D and E scores together, and you get your total for an apparatus. (Vault scores will always be higher because it is a single skill.)
Olympic Gymnastics Results: Subdivision 1
Rotation 1
- Jump: Georgia-Mae Fenton (13.833), Abigail Martin (13.766), Alice Kinsella (13.933, Ruby Evans (14.200). All four competing for Great Britain.
- Uneven bars: South African Caitlin Rooskrantz (13,733), Swiss Lena Bickel (12,266), Ukrainian Anna Lashchevska (13,033), Bulgarian Valentina Georgieva (11,500).
- Balance beam: Lilia Cosman (12,833), Amalia Ghigoarta (13,266), Ana Barbosu (13,533), Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (14,000). All four are competing for Romania.
- Floor exercise: Ahtziri Sandoval (11.833), Natalia Escalera (DNS), Alexa Moreno (12.800). All three competing for Mexico.
Olympic Games Gymnastics Program
Here is the complete gymnastics program for the Paris Olympics.
- Qualifying begins at 3:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, July 28.
- The women’s team final begins at 12:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 30.
- The women’s all-around final will take place at 12:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 1.
- The women’s vault final will take place at 10:20 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 3.
- The women’s uneven bars final will take place at 9:40 a.m. ET on Sunday, August 4.
- The women’s balance beam final (6:36 a.m. ET) and floor exercise final (8:20 a.m.) will take place on Monday, August 5.
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