American gymnastics star Simone Biles is inside Bercy Arena for the women’s team final.
Simone Biles , of United States, competes on the uneven bars during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics , Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. The five-woman U.S. squad of Biles, Sunisa Lee , Jordan Chiles , Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera are heavily favored to return to the top of the medal stand inBiles is scheduled to compete on all four events despite the injury in her return to the team final.
Chiles will also do all four alongside her friend and longtime teammate at World Champions Centre, the gym in the northern Houston suburbs owned by the Biles family. Lee will compete on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise with Jade Carey, joining Biles and Chiles on the vault. Italy, China and Brazil were tightly grouped in a pack over five points behind the Americans in qualifying, a massive margin in a sport usually decided by fractions. Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade is perhaps Biles' biggest competition in the all-around.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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