Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team will be the center of attention in qualifying at the Bercy Arena on Sunday. Biles is seeking her fifth Olympic gold medal and seventh all-around gold medal. She won two medals in Tokyo despite withdrawing from the all-around to focus on her mental health.
Competition will begin at 9:30 a.m. CEST (3:30 a.m. ET) in Subdivision 1. Biles and company will compete in Subdivision 2, which will begin at 11:40 a.m. in Paris. They will start on the balance beam.
Biles will anchor three of the four events for the U.S. on Sunday – balance beam, floor exercise and vault. She will be second-to-last on the uneven bars. Reigning all-around champion Sunisa Lee and Tokyo silver medalist Jordan Chiles will also compete in all four events in the preliminaries. The top eight qualifiers advance to the team finals on Tuesday.
The top 24 qualifiers in the individual all-around will advance to Thursday's final, with each country limited to two athletes.
Biles missed Friday's opening ceremony to rest and prepare for Sunday's qualifying rounds.
When does women's rhythmic gymnastics start?
Women's gymnastics begins Sunday morning with qualifying competitions on the East Coast.
What will the U.S. compete in in women's gymnastics?
July 28th – Team QualifiersSimone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team will compete in their first team qualifying competition on Sunday, July 28, beginning at 3:30 a.m. ET. Biles is scheduled to compete in her division starting at 5:40 a.m. ET.
You can watch the early morning event on Peacock and the later that morning event on NBC New York. The event will be rebroadcast in primetime on NBC later that evening.
July 30 – Women's Team FinalThe women's team final begins at 12:15pm on Tuesday, July 30. You can watch it on NBC, and all competition will be available to stream on Peacock.
August 1 – Women's Individual All-Around FinalThe women's individual all-around final will begin on Thursday, August 1 at 12:15 p.m.
August 3 – Women's Vault FinalThe women's vault final will air on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 10:20 a.m. on NBC and Peacock.
August 4 – Women's Uneven Bars FinalThe women's uneven bars final will air on NBC and Peacock on Sunday, August 4 at 9 a.m.
August 5th – Women's Balance Beam FinalThe women's balance beam final will begin at 6:36 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5.
August 5 – Women's Floor Exercise FinalThe women's floor exercise final will begin at 8:20 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5.
Where to watch women's gymnastics
The 2024 Olympic individual and team gymnastics events will air on NBC New York, USA Network and E! Streaming will be available on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, the NBC Olympics app and the NBC app.
A new skill named after Biles?
Biles is hoping to add more moves to the list of those named after her in gymnastics scoring rules.
The American superstar submitted an original uneven bars move to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday, and if Biles landed it in the women's qualifying round on Sunday, it would become the sixth move with her name inscribed on the sport's code.
Biles already has two moves named after her on the vault (including the Yurchenko double pike) and floor exercise, and one on the balance beam, and is aiming to become the only active gymnast to have moves named after her in all four events.
Biles' submitted move involves circling forward around the bar before turning a handstand into a 540-degree pirouette, which USA Gymnastics demonstrated at the X on Friday.
