Simone Biles, Suni Lee will make history when they compete in Olympic all-around final – NBC Chicago

NOTE: Spoilers below. Women’s gymnastics preliminaries will be rebroadcast in primetime on NBC 5 at 6 p.m.

Simone Biles and Suni Lee He will represent the United States in the individual all-around final. 2024 Paris Olympics And if it happens, history will be made.

Biles, the 2016 Olympic all-around champion, 2020 Olympic Overall ChampionThe Olympic Individual All-Around Final on Thursday, August 1, will see the two Olympic Individual All-Around Champions face off in an Olympic Individual All-Around Final for the first time.

Biles and Lee finished first and third, respectively, on Sunday, with Biles finishing with 59.566 points and Lee finishing with 56.132 points.

Li earned a spot in the competition with a score of 14.866 for her Monster Bar routine, beating out her teammate. Jordan Chiles He finished second overall for Team USA by just 0.067 points.

Chile, which came in fourth with 56.065 points, was not able to compete in the individual all-around final due to a rule that only two athletes from each country may compete in the individual all-around final.

Defending all-around medalist Suni Lee competed and performed well, ensuring she had a chance to defend her title. The three-time Olympic medalist will also compete in the uneven bars and balance beam finals alongside teammate Simone Biles.

Biles set a new women’s gymnastics record despite a dramatic debut in which she battled a calf injury.

Biles’ “Uh, no,” she told her coach during the 30-second warm-up before the floor exercise. After preparing to perform her signature move, “Biles,” on the floor exercise.

Biles’ coach, Cecil Lundy said the gymnast “felt a little bit of pain in her calf.” Randi said Biles has no immediate plans to withdraw from competition or change her routine and is not worried about her future performances.

The pain didn’t faze Biles, who is widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team finished in first place after the first two divisions with 172.296 points, qualifying for the team finals.

The top eight teams advancing to the finals are ranked as follows:

Team USA will compete for medals in the team final on Tuesday, July 30 at 11:15 AM CST on Peacock with a primetime rerun at 7 PM CST. The individual all-around will take place on Thursday, August 1 at 11:15 AM CST on Peacock with a primetime rerun at 7 PM CST.