Olympic gold medalist and gymnastics analyst Laurie Hernandez joins TODAY to weigh in on Team USA’s women’s gymnastics team as they head into the finals at the Paris Olympics.
Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles will compete in all four events, Suni Lee will do bars, beam and floor, and Jade Carey will compete on vault. Olympic newcomer Hezly Rivera won't compete but could still earn a medal.Gymnastics history books already have Biles’ name written all over them, but she could join yet another echelon of the sport’s royalty by having an skill named after her on every event.
Andrade and Biles will face off for gold in the today's team final, as well as the all-around, vault, beam and floor finals. While they have competed against each other before, Paris is set to be the first Olympic showdown with both of them at peak form.Flávia Saraiva, one of Team Brazil's stars, suffered a scary fall from the uneven bars in warmups. She appears to have a black eye after seeking medical attention, but posted a strong 13.666 on bars.
While the lowest score on each event could be dropped during qualifying, all scores count in the team final.After winning the team silver medal in Tokyo, the U.S. women aren't afraid to say it — they want that gold medal.said at the trials in Minneapolis Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles will do all four events in today's final. Suni Lee will compete on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
“We really connected the designs to Paris as the host city,” Diaz said. “Paris is known to be the fashion capital of the world, and we know all eyes are on Team USA, so we made sure that we had that cohesion of fashion throughout but also that the whole collection was unmistakably Team USA.” "It's super exciting that we get to be in each other's elements and supporting each other's dreams and goals," Biles said at the time."It's these memories that we make that we'll never get back, so any time we can show up for one another and support, we just get super excited because our schedules don't align that much so whenever it does, it's really important for both of us to show up and support.", who anchored the U.S.
She is currently tied with"Magnificent Seven" star Shannon Miller at seven Olympic medals. A podium finish today would bring her Olympic medal collection to eight.
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