The U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials conclude tonight when Simone Biles learns who else will join her on the team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Biles led Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee after Friday’s competition. Shilese Jones (knee), Kayla DiCello (Achilles) and Skye Blakely (Achilles) all suffered injuries, throwing into chaos who will fill out the five-women team.
USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour and Tom Schad will provide live updates, results, highlights and analysis throughout the gymnastics trials. Follow along.
Simone Biles floor routine on Night 2
Like she did on Night 1, Simone Biles showed out on floor at the final night of U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials. And she got a standing ovation with the performance.
Gymnastics trials produce a tight race for Paris Olympics team
The race for the last few spots on the Paris Olympic team is going to be very, very interesting. After Hezly Rivera dropped a terrific score on balance beam — an event of need for Team USA — Joscelyn Roberson came back with a solid routine of her own. The 18-year-old, who trains alongside Simone Biles, looked comfortable and composed on the 4-inch-wide beam en route to a score of 14.050.
That score was marginally worse than Rivera’s 14.275 on the night, but it gave Roberson a slight advantage over both nights of trials and moved her ahead of Rivera in the all-around standings. Tiana Sumanasekera has also kept herself in contention tonight with a second consecutive score of 13.950 on beam.
Simone Biles scores high on beam even after fall
Simone Biles dropped an expletive as she left the balance beam Friday night, disgusted after an uncharacteristically shaky routine. On Sunday, she appeared to just be exasperated.
Biles was absolutely brilliant for roughly 75% of her routine until she lost her balance on an aerial and fell off the beam. This time, she had a “what the heck” sort of grin on her face as she left the podium, and NBC’s cameras caught her saying “that was so good” until the point where it went wrong.
The crazy thing is that Biles still got a score of 13.900, even with her fall. And she will enter the final rotation with a gigantic lead in the all-around standings. With one rotation left, Biles has a score of 102.500.
Gymnastics trials scores from rotation 3
- BEAM: Joscelyn Roberson (14.050), Tiana Sumanasekera (13.950), Simone Biles (13.900), Jade Carey (13.625), Evey Lowe (13.450), Zoey Molomo (13.200), Dulcy Caylor (12.425), Jordan Chiles (12.225)
- FLOOR: Suni Lee (13.850), Kaliya Lincoln (13.650), Leanne Wong (13.625), Simone Rose (13.375), Hezly Rivera (13.550)
Simone Biles shows love to 106-year-old WWII vet
During the commercial break, the in-arena host at Target Center introduced the crowd to a 106-year-old World War II veteran who is in attendance, seated near the vault. The host said he had heard that the veteran had a favorite athlete, and asked who it is.
“Simone. Biles,” the 106-year-old said, with a dramatic pause.
Biles then jogged over toward the vault and signaled to him, making a heart sign with her hands as the crowd applauded.
Alex Cooper talks to Simone Biles about her ‘twisties’ in Tokyo
Simone Biles sat down with Alex Cooper to talk about when she knew something was off at the Tokyo Olympics and what was running through her mind.
What to watch over final two rotations at gymnastics trials
Nothing is final until the team is announced in a few hours. But with just two rotations to go, it’s worth keeping an eye on the fight for the fourth and fifth spots in the all-around standings — behind Simone Biles, Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles.
Jade Carey is sitting in fourth after registering a 13.075 on uneven bars, an event in which she probably won’t be counted on to contribute in Paris. More interesting is the fight for fifth, where Hezly Rivera has a four-tenths lead over Joscelyn Roberson and just dropped a big score (14.275) on balance beam after putting up a 14.300 on uneven bars. Those are pivotal events for Rivera, 16, because they’re among Team USA’s weaknesses following the injuries to Shilese Jones and Skye Blakely. Roberson is up on balance beam in this next rotation and will need to put together a big routine of her own to keep pace.
Simone Biles bars score
Simone Biles put up a 14.200 on bars, which was 0.250 lower than her score on Friday night. With two events left for Biles — beam and floor — Biles has a total score of 88.600.
Suni Lee falls on beam, Simone Biles gives her a pep talk
Simone Biles is always there with the pep talk when Suni Lee needs one. Lee had a rough go on balance beam, falling on her mount and needing to put her hands down later in the routine, which counts just as much as a fall. She looked upset after finishing the routine and immediately headed backstage, not even waiting to see her score. (A 12.825.)
When she came back out, she and Biles chatted and both were soon seen laughing. After a few seconds, Lee gave a nod, like, “OK, I’m better.”
The scene was reminiscent of what happened the second night of the U.S. championships. Lee had botched her vault, her first event, and ran backstage. Biles followed, asking if she was OK and telling her she needed to trust in her gymnastics. And if Lee couldn’t, Biles said she’d do it for her. Biles then stayed by the uneven bars podium to watch Lee compete, cheering her on throughout her routine before heading back to her own event.
Gymnastics trials scores from rotation 2
- BEAM: Hezly Rivera (14.275), Leanne Wong (13.650), Simone Rose (13.375), Kaliya Lincoln (13.175), Suni Lee (12.825)
- BARS: Jordan Chiles (14.200), Simone Biles (14.200), Dulcy Caylor (13.275), Jade Carey (13.075), Evey Lowe (12.875), Tiana Sumanasekera (12.825), Zoey Molomo (12.550)
Shilese Jones is injured, but still cheering on her team
Shilese Jones is not competing Sunday after sustaining a knee injury in warmups about 48 hours before, but she is still on hand at Target Center, watching the competition from a suite with her mother and coach. Jones could still technically be named to the Olympic team, because she completed an uneven bars routine on the first night of Olympic trials. But after withdrawing from nationals and missing almost the entirety of trials, it seems like a remote possibility.
Jones was one of three athletes who suffered injuries in competition or warmups this week. Skye Blakely and Kayla DiCello both ruptured Achilles tendons. “Before this week started, many people would’ve had those three athletes on the Olympic team,” NBC analyst Samantha Peszek said on Sunday’s broadcast. “So it changes things.”
Simone Biles overcooks Yurchenko double pike vault
Simone Biles simply has bigger skills than everyone else, as she showed with her Yurchenko double pike vault. It’s so difficult few men even try it, yet Biles gets so much height and power she actually overcooked it and had to run backwards. She got a 15.5, down from the first night of trials but still likely to be one of the few scores above 15 of the night.
As understandably shaky as everyone looked Friday night, they look that good tonight and are cooking with gas so far.
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Gymnastics trials scores from rotation 1
- VAULT: Simone Biles (15.500), Jade Carey (14.675), Jordan Chiles: 14.500, Joscelyn Roberson: 14.500, Tiana Sumanasekera (14.350), Dulcy Caylor (13.900), Zoey Molomo: 13.850, Evey Lowe (13.675).
- BARS: Sunisa Lee (14.875), Hezly Rivera (14.300), Leanne Wong (13.900), Kaliya Lincoln (13.450), Simone Rose (13.200).
Suni Lee bars score: She gets a standing ovation
As if it wasn’t already obvious, Suni Lee can join Simone Biles in packing for Paris. Lee rocked her routine on uneven bars, her signature event, and had the hometown crowd roaring with each of her release moves. More impressive? She’d struggled in the warmup just minutes before. A broad grin broke across Lee’s face after she finished, and the crowd gave her a standing ovation as she trotted off the podium.
The judges were equally wowed, giving her a 14.875. That vaulted her into second place behind Biles, whose place on the Paris team has been all but assured since she returned.
Read Nancy Armour’s full story on Suni Lee’s health journey after dealing with a kidney disease and how it changed her gymnastics mindset.
Jordan Chiles vault on Night 2
Jordan Chiles clapped on the runway as she awaited her second vault. The crowd joined along. And then Chiles turned in a 14.500.
Simone Biles gets a warm welcome at gymnastics trials Day 2
Simone Biles entered Sunday night leading the competition. The crowd showed her love when she was introduced.
Is Simone Biles going to Paris Olympics?
Simone Biles’ presence in Paris is all but a lock, but it will be formalized after the final session of Olympic trials competition tonight. Widely considered to be the greatest gymnast ever, Biles will be making her third appearance at the Summer Olympics. She won four golds and a bronze at the 2016 Rio Games, then a silver and bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Gymnastics Olympic trials streaming
NBC is airing tonight’s final session. The network will also show every minute of action on its streaming service, Peacock, where it will offer both a general stream and apparatus-specific streams for viewers who are hoping to monitor a specific athlete.
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Women’s gymnastics trials standings
Here are the top five in the standings going into Day 2: Simone Biles (58.990), Jordan Chiles (56.400), Sunisa Lee (56.025), Jade Carey (55.825), Joscelyn Roberson (55.475). Full results are on MyUSAGym.com.
Shilese Jones injury at Olympic trials: What to know
Shilese Jones injured her knee on vault in pre-meet warmups on Friday night, and scratched all but uneven bars. USA Gymnastics said the decision to not compete Sunday was made after she was re-evaluated Saturday.
Jones had established herself as almost as much of a lock for the Paris squad as Simone Biles, winning all-around medals at the last two world championships. She arrived at trials nursing a shoulder injury that kept her out of the national championships earlier this month, but coach Sarah Korngold said she was ready to compete.
In warmups on Friday, however, Jones landed her vault and fell to the mat, clutching her right leg. Biles ran over to check on her, and Jones sat on the podium for several minutes before being helped backstage by Korngold and a medical staffer.
Suni Lee’s health journey and how it changed her mindset
Suni Lee is in good shape to make the five-person U.S. team for the Paris Olympics. She was fourth at the national championships in early June and has upgraded her routines on uneven bars and floor since then. But a health crisis 15 months ago — she developed a kidney disease that caused her to retain so much fluid she couldn’t even put on her grips — has upended her life. There were days she couldn’t even get out of bed.
Lee said a phone call she got Jan. 4, the details she wants to keep private, was a turning point for her. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going back into the gym tomorrow and I’m going to be better than I ever was.’ That was the day I was like, ‘Yep, this is what I want. And I’m gonna put my mind into it,’” she said. Read Nancy Armour’s full story on Suni Lee’s health journey.
Simone Biles floor routine catches Taylor Swift’s eye
Pop superstar Taylor Swift responded to a post on social media about Simone Biles’ floor routine on Friday night, which features Swift’s “Ready For it.”
How many Olympics has Simone Biles been to?
Biles has competed in two editions of the Summer Olympics: The 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2021 Games in Tokyo. However, she only competed in some of her scheduled events in 2021 after experiencing a case of the “twisties,” which caused her to lose track of where she was in the air, jeopardizing her physical safety.
How old was Simone Biles in her first Olympics?
Simone Biles was 19 years old at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
How many gold medals does Simone Biles have?
Simone Biles has won four Olympic gold medals, all of them at the 2016 Rio Games. She led the “Final Five” to team gold, claimed the individual all-around gold and won two of the four individual events: Floor exercise and vault. She has also won a silver medal (in the 2021 team competition) and two Olympic bronzes on balance beam in 2016 and 2021.
What happened to Kayla DiCello?
Kayla DiCello injured her Achilles injury on the first vault on Friday. She left the floor in a wheelchair and USA Gymnastics announced she was scratched from the remainder of the night.
Jordan Chiles: What to know
The Tokyo Olympian made a case for herself at the U.S. Classic with a solid performance on all four events. Chiles might not give the United States a massive score on any one event, but she doesn’t leave any holes, either.
“I think realizing that I had the potential,” Chiles said of the difference between this season and last, when she struggled with the transition from NCAA to elite.
“A lot of the time, you say you want to do something and you never know what’s going to happen, because there’s a lot of eyes on you and expectations,” Chiles added. “When you put that aside, you realize, ‘I’m going to just step forward into it and be the person I need to be and put every effort I need into each and every practice.'”
Simone Biles Netflix show: What to know
Netflix released the trailer recently for “Simone Biles: Rising” and said the four-part docuseries will begin streaming July 17, nine days before the Opening Ceremony. “Rising” follows Biles’ return to competition after a case of “the twisties” forced her out of most of the Tokyo Games.
Simone BIles leotards
Here’s a look at her leotards over the years.
When do the Summer Olympics start?
The 2024 Paris Olympics begins with the Opening Ceremony on July 26. Gymnastics competition begins July 27 with men’s qualification. Women’s qualification is July 28.
Who is Simone Biles’ husband?
Simone Biles is married to NFL player Jonathan Owens, who is currently a safety for the Chicago Bears. They celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary earlier this year.
Simone Biles is a lock for Olympics. But after injuries, who joins her?
Call it carnage, chaos or just plain bad damn luck, the four women who join Simone Biles at the Paris Olympics might wind up being whoever’s healthy enough to make the trip.
In a 30-minute span Friday night, Shilese Jones suffered a knee injury that limited her to one event and Kayla DiCello was knocked out with an Achilles injury. Meanwhile Skye Blakely, a member of the U.S. teams that won gold at the last two world championships, was hobbling around the floor on crutches because of the ruptured Achilles that occurred during training two days earlier.
What makes this so devastating, besides everything, is that the U.S. women’s team had seemed, if not set, taking very firm shape after the national championships four weeks ago. And now it’s all been thrown out of whack.
Nancy Armour unpacks what all the injuries mean for Team USA.
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