Team USA is also going to send much of the team to individual medal events later on in the Games
Team USA finished on top of the women’s gymnastics qualifying scores Sunday, putting them in a confident position ahead of Tuesday’s medal round at the Olympic Games in Paris.
On the individual front, Simone Biles and Suni Lee will once again compete for gold in the all-around competition. The duo has won the last two gold medals in that competition.
Team USA is also going to send much of the team to individual medal events later on in the Games.
Biles qualified for the medal round of the floor exercise, balance beam and vault. Jade Carey qualified for the final in vault, Suni Lee qualified in the uneven bars and balance beam, and Jordan Chiles qualified in the floor exercise.
Biles notched her impressive day despite dealing with some calf pain. After she produced a flawless balance beam routine, she landed awkwardly while warming up for her floor routine and exited the arena before reemerging to get her lower left leg taped. Her coach told reporters after the competition that Biles had been dealing with calf pain a couple weeks before Paris. But when asked by reporters if she was OK following competition, Biles said, “Yup! As good as I can be.”