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This is the first time in Olympic history that two previous all-around gold medalists are on the same team and going head-to-head: Suni Lee and Simone Biles .The Olympic women's gymnastics all-around competition begins at 12:15 p.m. ET. It will be live on NBC and streamed onBiles turned in a 14.566 on the balance beam in a clutch performance that allowed her to jump back into first place for now after entering in third.
She had a decent-size lead after the vault, but is in a tight race after Andrade turned in a 14.666 on the bars.Basketball star Steph Curry was spotted in the stands at Bercy Arena watching Simone Biles, Suni Lee and other gymnasts vie for all-around gymnast."It's so much more stressful, going out there and not having your teammates on the floor. You can feel like an island," Hernandez said.
However, Brazil's Rebeca Andrade followed with a great vault in one of her strongest events, most likely putting Lee behind early.Elena Nicolaou Brazil's Flavia Saraiva is expected to compete in the all-around final after suffering a nasty cut and black eye during a fall in warmups two days earlier in the team competition.Her performance helped Brazil win the bronze medal, which was the first team medal for its women's gymnastics squad in Olympic history.
In two of those years, American's finished 1-2, as Shawn Johnson took silver behind Liukin and Aly Raisman won silver behind Biles. There's certainly a good chance it could be another 1-2 finish today with Biles and Lee.Simone Biles and Suni Lee are getting in the zone as they enter Bercy Arena in Paris wearing their headphones about 90 minutes before the all-around final begins.
Plus, swimmers have more longevity than gymnasts. Phelps competed in five different Olympics, and Ledecky has indicated she will be gunning for a fifth Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. The majority of gymnasts compete in one or two Olympics, with some rare stars like Biles competing in three. In each of the four events, gymnasts are judged on their execution and level of difficulty by a panel of nine total judges.Simone Biles enters today's all-around competition as the heavy favorite to win gold after finishing with a qualifying score of 59.566 on Sunday, which even blew away her winning score at last year's world championships .
Unlike the team competition on Tuesday, today's action will be gymnasts competing for individual glory, so they won't be relying on any scores from their teammates to get a medal. A maximum of only two gymnasts per team will compete.The all-around is a test of proficiency across all four of the events, rather than just specializing in one of them.
Biles chose not to attempt it on Tuesday because Team USA is so strong that even conservative routines were more than enough to take home the team gold. There was no reason to risk a fall or a low score by pushing the envelope. She also has a Biles II on the floor exercise, which involves two flips and three twists and requires immense power to get her high off the floor.
It's the most of any woman in any Olympic sport, although U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky also could tie or pass that mark during the Paris Games. The American record for a woman is eight gold medals by swimmer Jenny Thompson. So even though Chiles performed like one of the top four all-around gymnasts in the world during qualifying, it wasn't enough to make it to today's competition.
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