American gymnasts Simone Biles and Suni Lee are aiming for another Olympic appearance with strong performances at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials at the Target Center in Minneapolis. Biles, the most successful artistic gymnast in the World Championships history, is targeting her third appearance at the Quadrennial Games in Paris, while Lee is contending for her second Olympics.
Both gymnasts will compete in the women's competition at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, scheduled for June 28 and June 30. The Day 1 competition starts from 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM, while Day 2 competitions will be held from 8:30 PM to 11:00 PM. All the timings mentioned here are according to the Eastern Time zone.
One can access the live telecast on the USA Network, while NBC will provide the live streaming for the 2024 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, with the coverage being streamed on Peacock.
USA Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport, announced the order of events on their X (formerly Twitter) which will feature both Biles and Lee. The tournament is scheduled to follow the Olympic order.
With seven Olympic medals to her name, including four gold, one silver, and two bronze, Simone Biles will aim to extend her dominance at the Paris Olympics by securing a spot on the USA’s five-member team for the prestigious tournament.
Meanwhile, Suni Lee will look to defend her Olympic title in the women’s all-around by qualifying for the Paris Olympics. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she became only the sixth American woman to capture the all-around crown, scoring 57.433 points in the finals.
A look into Simone Biles and Suni Lee’s performance at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials
Both Simone Biles and Suni Lee qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after occupying first and second spots in the women’s all-around at the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials 2020 held at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis.
Biles posted a dominant 118.098 points, including 60.565 in the preliminaries and 57.533 in the finals to ensure herself a position in the USA women’s team. Meanwhile, Suni Lee made her first Olympic team in Tokyo with a combined score of 115.832 at the trials.