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Simone Biles will not be repeated Olympic All-round champion on Thursday withdraw yourself from the event. The concussion that came after it was pulled, team competition Tuesday opens the door for his teammate Sunny Leeor the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade or the Russians or the Chinese to win the individual title, Biles could still qualify for the four device finals next week.

The United States has won all kinds of Olympic titles since 2004, when Carly Patterson was the first American winner since Mary Lou Retton in 1984. Brazil has not won any Olympic medals in women. Gymnastics.

How to watch in the United States

• LIVE: The competition kicks off at 06:50 ET on Thursday and can be streamed live at: NBC Olympics site, Peacock or NBC Sports app.

• BAND DELAY: Many fans will prefer to watch a replay or tape-delayed broadcast that will air at 8 PM Eastern on NBC. To avoid spoilers, turn off mobile news notifications and try to stay away from social media.

How will the competition work?

Versatile, it will test 24 individual athletes on the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. Their scores on each device will be added up to determine the most complete gymnast.

Each routine will receive a “D score” for difficulty (such as 5.4 for the common double twisted Yurchenko case) and an “E score” for execution (starting at 10 and decreasing for errors). The two points are combined so that double-twisted Yurchenko can qualify for the maximum possible 15.4 points. For a more detailed explanation, watch this helpful video:

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Lee and Jade Carey will represent the United States. Biles’ decision to step back replaced Carey, who would have qualified if he hadn’t. a rule allowing only two gymnasts from any country compete in.

lee She is the second best gymnast in the United States after Biles and is a strong contender for the medal. At the Olympic trials, she outstripped Biles in one of the two-day competitions, something no other gymnast had done since 2013.

Lee, 18, will also compete in the uneven bars and beam finals next week. She has a good chance of becoming an Olympic champion in bars because her routine is the hardest in the world. She scored 15.4 in Tuesday’s team final, sharing the highest-ever rating in women’s gymnastics at these Games.

Apart from the USA Gymnastics selection process, Carey failed to win a silver medal with team USA on Tuesday as she secured her own place at the Olympics by placing first on the vault in the multi-year World Cup series. He has the ability to win individual medals both on and off the field and has qualified for both of these finals next week.

Postponing the Olympics for a year allowed Carey, 21, to hone her ragged sticks and beam skills. Stepping up for the all-around, he’ll have to give his best in these two events to fight for the medal. But Carey will finish the day with a floor exercise where she can engage in a risky skill: the triple twisted pair layout. It would be the hardest rolling pass ever made by a woman.

Americans MyKayla Skinner and Grace McCallum will not qualify for the final due to their two rule per country. Skinner finished fourth best among Americans and 11th best among all gymnasts. qualifying round, but a lower-ranked athlete from another country will compete instead. McCallum was ranked fifth best among Americans and 13th best of all gymnasts, while Jordan Chiles was ranked 40th overall.

Gabby DouglasThe 2012 Olympic champion was similarly left out all-around in 2016, despite finishing in third place behind Biles and Aly Raisman.

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• Andrade He finished second in the qualifier where his competition was going so well, for a moment it looked as if his total score could surpass Biles’s. That night, she won 15.4 after executing an almost perfect Cheng, a very difficult vault that only a handful of gymnasts could do.