An Olympic icon and a track star will headline the gymnastics competitions at the Summer Olympics in Paris on Saturday, with both the men’s and women’s individual apparatus finals getting underway. Saturday in Paris features the men’s floor exercise, women’s vault and men’s pommel horse.
Simone Biles finished first in the women’s vault final on Saturday to win her seventh Olympic gold medal and her third at the Paris Olympics.
Teammate Jade Carey won bronze, giving the US two spots on the podium. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade won silver for her performance.
With her seventh gold medal, Biles added her case as perhaps the greatest Olympian of all time. Earlier at these Olympics in Paris, she led Team USA to a gold medal in the team competition and then won a second individual all-around gold medal. She is the oldest woman to win the total and only the third two-time winner.
Sharing the spotlight for Team USA is Stephen Nedoroscik, who has also collected some hardware of his own, winning a team bronze medal with the U.S. and tied for the top score in the men’s pommel horse qualification. He’s also seen as a near-certainty to make the podium and win a potential gold medal.
How to watch and the schedule for the men’s and women’s apparatus finals on August 3:
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Start time: 09:30 AM ET/ 06:30 AM ET
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Floor exercise for men — 09:30 a.m. ET: (No Americans qualified)
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Woman’s jump — 10:20 a.m. ET: (Simone Biles, Jade Carey)
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Gentleman’s horse with pommels — 11:16 a.m. ET: (Stephen Nedoroscik)
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Place: Bercy Arena | Paris, France
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TV channel: NBC
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Streaming: Fubo, Peacock
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Live14 updates
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The men’s vaulting horse has started
The first is Nariman Kurbanov from Kazakhstan.
He sets the tone with a strong routine and opens the competition with a score of 15.433.
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Gold for Simone Biles, bronze for Jade Carey in women’s vault
Simone Biles has won seven gold medals, which is tied for the second most gold medals of all time for an American female Olympian.
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Jade Carey brings two Americans on stage
American Jade Carey scores a 14.466, earning her a podium finish. She finishes with bronze, earning the US two spots on the podium.
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Korea’s Yeo Seo-jeong scores a 13.416, likely saving her from a medal.
She didn’t gain enough height, which made it difficult for her to land and thus lost her chance at the podium.
American Jade Carey closes the event.
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Rebeca Andrade fails to catch Simone Biles
Rebeca Andrade scores a total of 14.966 in her two attempts.
She will not overtake Simone Biles for gold, it seems. But Andrade has assured herself a medal.
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Canada’s Ellie Black doesn’t quite land on her second attempt. She gets a total of 13.933.
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade is next.
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Simone Biles takes the lead
Simone Biles manages to land a double pike on her first attempt.
In her second she perfects her triple twist
Her total is 15,300 and she takes the lead.
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Canada’s Shallon Olsen landed on her knees on her second attempt after not gaining enough height on her dismount. Her total score is 13.366.
Simone Biles is next!
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Next up is An Chang-ok from North Korea.
She scores a total of 14.216 to take the current lead after two gymnasts left. Difficulty is rated higher for her routine.
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The women’s jumping final has begun
Bulgaria’s Valentina Georgia is the first to start in the women’s vault final.
She scores a 13.983, which probably won’t be enough for a medal. Solid performance, but not much creativity, according to commentators.
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Filipino Carlos Yulo wins gold in men’s floor exercise
In the men’s floor exercise, Carlos Yulo of the Philippines wins the country’s first ever medal in gymnastics and its second gold medal.
Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat wins silver (after gold in Tokyo) and Britain’s Jake Harman wins bronze.
