Team USA women’s gymnastics members, Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and newcomer Hezly Rivera are all making final adjustments with competition set to begin this weekend as they shoot for redemption and go for gold at the Paris Olympics. NBC’s Kaylee Hartung reports for TODAY.
For the first time, two Olympic all-around champions will go head-to-head in the all-around final — and they’re both from the same country. Simone Biles, who won in 2016, and Sunisa Lee, 2020's champ, will make history regardless of where they finish in the all-around final competition, set for Aug. 1. Biles scored 59.566 in qualifying, a score that would have won the last two world championships.
representatives in the all-around final. There are still three more subdivisions in this qualification round, but the U.S. women are on track to have representatives in each event final. Biles’ biggest rival in the all-around, Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, will compete July 28 at around 3 p.m. ET. Biles finished her day in eighth on bars, so her place there isn’t guaranteed, but it’s unlikely that anyone bumps Lee out of the final.
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