What happened on Simone Biles’ vault at the Olympic team finals?
During rotation 1 on vault, Simone Biles did a 1 and 1/2 vault as opposed to the most difficult Amanar vault and had a deep landing, resulting in a lower score of 13.766. After that vault, Biles walked off with a trainer. When she returned on the sidelines, she wasn’t on the uneven bars lineup anymore, with Jordan Chiles taking her spot. It was unclear why. It was then announced that Simone Biles had pulled out of the remaining team event finals, due to a “medical issue.” After the competition, Biles told TODAY’s Hoda Kotb. “Physically, I feel good, I’m in shape Emotionally, that kind of varies on the time and moment. Coming to the Olympics and being head star isn’t an easy feat, so we’re just trying to take it one day at a time and we’ll see.” As far as if she’ll compete in the all-around and the event finals, she told Kotb: “We’re gonna take it day by day, and we’re just gonna see.” However, it was announced on Wednesday, July 28, that Biles had pulled out from the all-around. Jade Carey, who qualified in the all-around but wasn’t able to compete due to the 2-athletes-per-country rule, will not be competing in the all-around final alongside teammate Suni Lee for the United States.
What happened to Simone Biles’ at the Olympic team finals?
After her vault, it was announced that Biles would not be competing in the remainder of the team final. Biles remained on the sidelines in her warmups cheering on the other members of her time, with teammate Jordan Chiles taking her spot on uneven bars, balance beam and floor.
Did the U.S. women’s gymnastics team win gold in the team final?
The U.S. team rallied to 2nd place, earning the silver medal behind the ROC. Final standings here: ROC: 169.528, USA: 166.096, Great Britain: 164.096. “I’m OK, just super frustrated of how the night, but super proud of these girls and now we’re silver medalists,” Biles told TODAY’s Hoda Kotb. “Something we’ll cherish forever. We hope America still loves us.”
Who is on the U.S. women’s Olympic team?
Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Grace McCallum make up the four-member team representing the United States. The two individual participants representing the U.S. are MyKayla Skinner and Jade Carey.
How to Watch the USA Gymnastics Olympic Team: TV Schedule and Streaming
Women’s vault and uneven bars event finals: August 1, 4:00 am EST — Live Stream in the US will be on NBCOlympics.com (cable credentials required for log in) and Peacock Broadcast: NBC 9:00 pm EST Women’s floor exercise event finals: August 2, 4:00 am EST — Live Stream in the US will be on NBCOlympics.com (cable credentials required for log in) and Peacock Broadcast: NBC 9:30 pm EST Women’s balance beam event final: August 3, 4:00 am EST — Live Stream in the US will be on NBCOlympics.com (cable credentials required for log in) and Peacock Broadcast: NBC 9:30 pm EST
Why can only 2 gymnasts per country compete?
To qualify to finals, gymnasts must place in the top eight on an individual apparatus and/or in the top 24 all-around. But there’s a catch: each country can only have up to two athletes compete per final. This rule was instated with the objective of creating more parity across nations.
What happened to MyKayla Skinner at the Olympics?
After a strong performance at Olympic Trials, MyKayla Skinner, age 24, was named to one of the two individual spots. As an individual specialist, her scores did not count towards the team, and she was not eligible for a team medal. Despite placing fourth on vault in prelims and eleventh in the all-around, she did not advance to finals due to the two-per-country rule. Skinner, a former All-American gymnast at the University of Utah, has publicly stated that she will retire from gymnastics following the Games. However, since Simone Biles decided to not compete in the vault event finals, Skinner is now in Sunday’s vault final. And you’ll want to tune in to watch, because Skinner was awarded the silver medal during the vault final! Her husband Jonas Harmer expressed his pride on Instagram.
When are the U.S. men’s gymnastics team competing in Tokyo?
Men’s floor exercise and pommel horse event finals: August 1, 4:00 am EST Broadcast: NBC 4:45 pm EST Men’s parallel bars and horizontal bar event finals: August 3, 4:00 am EST Broadcast: NBC 2:30 pm EST
Did the U.S. men’s gymnastics team win a team medal?
After a rough start, the US men—consisting of Brody Malone, Sam Mikulak, Yul Moldauer, and Shane Wiskus—rallied to fourth place in qualifications behind perennial powerhouses Japan, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), and China. Although the team—made up of Olympic newcomers with the exception of Mikulak—put together a composed performance in the team final, they slipped to fifth place with a score of 254.594 behind fourth-place Great Britain (255.760).
Who is competing in the event finals for the U.S.?
Simone Biles has not announced yet if she will compete in the event finals, as of July 28. We will update this section as soon as it’s known.
Women:
Vault: MyKayla Skinner, Jade Carey Skinner scored a 14.866 for her vault during the Olympic preliminary and is hoping to do even better come vault final. And Jade Carey, the 21-old from Arizona, should contend for the silver medal. Uneven bars: Sunisa Lee Sunisa Lee sits in second place behind reigning World uneven bars champion Nina Derwael of Belgium. As the 2019 bronze medalist at Worlds, she’ll look to up her difficulty score in the finals for a chance at the gold. Balance beam: Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles In what promises to be an unpredictable final (because, after all, who knows what might happen on a four-inch-wide beam raised four feet off the ground?), Lee and Biles will both be in medal contention with hit routines. After a rocky landing on her dismount in qualifications, Biles has the ability to move up from her seventh-place showing. Lee, meanwhile, qualified in third place. Floor exercise: Jade Carey Carey, the silver medalist at the 2017 World Championships,will have her eye on a medal finish here. Carey may attempt a first-of-its-kind triple-twisting double layout during finals. Should she land it successfully, the skill will be named the Carey.
Men:
High bar: Brody Malone In his first Olympics, Malone qualified to the high bar final in fourth place, only one-tenth of a point behind the bronze medal spot. A clean performance could net him a top-three finish. Viewers can look forward to high-flying release moves and dizzying pirouettes on this risky apparatus, where the smallest mistake can land a gymnast off the podium. Parallel bars: Sam Mikulak The parallel bars final will be Mikulak’s final shot at an Olympic medal. Mikulak qualified in fifth place, but the race for the medals is wide open: a mere three-tenths of a point separate second through fifth. Floor exercise: Yul Moldauer Moldauer, 24, was an outstanding gymnast at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a ten-time NCAA champion. The 2017 World bronze medalist on floor, Moldauer is known for his outstanding execution and technique. He’s currently ranked sixth on floor with the highest execution score of the qualifiers. Pommel horse: Alec Yoder Alec Yoder, 24, nabbed one of the US’s individual specialist spots thanks to his pommel horse prowess and a terrific performance at Olympic Trials. In prelims, Yoder once again demonstrated why he’s one of the best in the world, qualifying to finals in fourth. The pommel horse final might prove to be the most nail-biting, with a mere .066 currently separating rankings one through four. Need more Olympics knowledge? Look back at Parade’s Olympics covers through the years.
