Simone Biles will be the headliner at the U.S. gymnastics championships in Fort Worth, Texas this weekend — the last and most significant competition before the U.S. Olympic trials at the end of June. The start of the Paris Olympics is now less than two months away.
Biles, 27, won the all-around national title last year and is a safe bet to make the Olympic team regardless of her performance this weekend. The event carries more significance for the women hoping to join her, including regining Olympic gold medalists Suni Lee (all-around) and Jade Carey (floor exercise), among many others.
USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour and Tom Schad will provide live updates, results and analysis throughout the competition. Follow along.
When does Simone Biles compete at the U.S. gymnastics championships?
Simone Biles will compete in Session 2. That means she, and the other big names on the women’s side, will be in action starting at around 8 p.m. ET on Friday night and around 7 p.m. ET on Sunday night. — Tom Schad
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US gym championships schedule 2024
The senior women are in action Friday and Sunday. The senior men competed Thursday night and are set for Day 2 Saturday. Unlike the Olympics, where there are separate all-around and apparatus finals, the national championships will consist of two all-around sessions in each gender. More than 50 athletes will also be competing in the junior competition.
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Friday, 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET: Senior Women (Session 1), Day 1
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Friday, 7:45 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET: Senior Women (Session 2), Day 1
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Saturday, 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ET: Senior Men, Day 2
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Sunday, 1:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. ET: Senior Women (Session 1), Day 2
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Sunday, 6:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET: Senior Women (Session 2), Day 2
Where are the 2024 US gymnastics championships?
The U.S. championships will run from Thursday to Sunday at Dickies Arena, located a few miles west of downtown Fort Worth. — Tom Schad
Simone Biles is a lock for Paris Olympics. But who’s going to join her?
So long as she’s healthy, Simone Biles is going to the Paris Olympics. The obvious was reaffirmed with her big win at the U.S. Classic in mid-May where Biles finished almost two points ahead of Shilese Jones, an all-around medalist at the last two world championships. Brought back some of her big skills for the first time since the Tokyo Games, too. There are four other spots on the U.S. team, however, and performances at Classic gave an indication of who will be joining Biles in Paris. Here is Nancy Armour’s look at the contenders.
What happened to Shilese Jones?
Jones, an all-around medalist at the last two world championships, announced Friday afternoon that she was withdrawing from nationals because of a shoulder injury.
Jones tore the labrum in her right shoulder in 2022 and has had problems with it off and on since then. She said Wednesday that it flared up after the U.S. Classic two weeks ago and by last Friday “barely could raise my arm,” but was going to try and compete here.
“It hurt. I’m not going to lie,” Jones said when asked how it felt after her first training session here Tuesday night.
Jones said she’ll petition for a spot at the Olympic trials, and it’s almost sure to be accepted. In addition to her international success, she was second to Biles at last year’s nationals and again at Classic.
The women’s competition at trials begins in exactly four weeks, June 28.
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