Which of the USA women's gymnasts are competing in the team finals? Complete list and order ft. Simone Biles
The US women's gymnastics team qualified for the team finals as the top seed, after totaling the score of the qualification round to 179.296. On July 30, the women will compete in the Team finals. Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Simone Biles have been assigned for the vault; Chiles, Biles and Suni Lee in the uneven bars; while Chiles, Lee and Biles will take the balance beam and floor exercise.
Jade Carey, the 2020 Olympic floor champion, faced an uncharacteristic fall while performing her floor routine in the qualification round at the Paris Games. She was not feeling quite well and shared that her mind was not in a proper place.
"I had, like, no energy today and didn't really have a sense of what was going on in my head," she said to Olympics.com.
However, she redeemed herself in the vault and earned 14.433, enough to book a seat in the Team finals competition.
The US women's gymnastics team finished second to Russia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the wake of Biles' withdrawal because of 'twisties'. But the team's total qualification score is way ahead of second-placed Italy (166.681), making them a clear gold favorite for the gymnastics Team finals on July 30.
Here is the list of events the US gymnastics women will compete in during the Team finals
[The gymnasts will compete in the following order in each apparatus]
Vault
Jordan Chiles - 14.216
Jade Carey - 14.433
Simone Biles - 15.300
Uneven Bars
Jordan Chiles - 14.266
Simone Biles - 14.433
Suni Lee - 14.866
Balance Beam
Jordan Chiles - 13.600
Suni Lee - 14.033
Simone Biles - 14.733
Floor
Suni Lee - 13.100
Jordan Chiles - 13.866
Simone Biles - 14.600
The above list also features the US women's qualification scores, attained on the first day of gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Simone Biles' came back with more promising performances after tweaking her ankle
During the floor warmup, the four-time Olympic gold medalist tweaked her calf and was assisted by USA Gymnastics team doctor Marcia Faustin. Her leg was taped, raising concerns among fans and well-wishers. However, Biles didn't let the first day of the 2024 Summer Games look like her Tokyo Olympics turbulence when she withdrew midway through the competition.
According to coach Cecile Landi's conversation with NBC, Biles just “felt a little pain in her calf”, which didn't hamper her performance in the competition. She retained her top position by accumulating 59.566, 1.866 ahead of arch-rival Rebeca Andrade.
Biles was also spotted limping, but she collected 15.800 in the vault, performing the Yurchenko Double Pike, the fifth skill named after her as Biles II.