An Olympic icon and a breakout star headline the gymnastics competitions at the Paris Summer Olympics on Saturday as both the men’s and women’s individual apparatus finals get started. On Saturday’s ledge in Paris are 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, winning her seventh Olympic gold medal overall and third of the Paris Olympics.
Teammate Jade Carey won bronze, giving the U.S. two places on the medal podium. Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade earned silver with her performance.
With her seventh gold medal, Biles added to her case as arguably the greatest Olympian of all time. Earlier in these Paris Olympics, she led Team USA to a gold medal in the team competition and then won a second individual all-around gold medal. She’s the oldest woman to take the total and just the third two-time winner.
Sharing the spotlight for Team USA is Stephen Nedoroscik, who has also already collected some hardware of his own, winning a team bronze medal with the U.S. and tying for the best score in men’s pommel horse qualifying. He is also viewed as a near-lock to make the podium and win a potential gold medal.
How to watch, schedule for Aug. 3 men’s and women’s gymnastics apparatus finals:
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Start time: 9:30 a.m. ET/ 6:30 a.m. ET
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Men’s floor exercise — 9:30 a.m. ET: (No Americans qualified)
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Women’s vault — 10:20 a.m. ET: (Simone Biles, Jade Carey)
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Men’s pommel horse — 11:16 a.m. ET: (Stephen Nedoroscik)
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Location: Bercy Arena | Paris, France
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TV channel: NBC
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Streaming: Fubo, Peacock
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Men’s pommel horse is underway
Up first is Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan.
He sets the tone with a strong routine, opening 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’ seven career gold medals tie for the second most all time by an American female Olympian.
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Jade Carey puts two Americans on the podium
USA’s Jade Carey scores a 14.466, which gives her a place on podium. She will finish with bronze, giving the U.S. two places on the medal stand.
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Korea’s Yeo Seo-jeong scores a 13.416, which will likely prevent her from medaling.
She didn’t get enough height, which hurt her landing and a chance at the podium.
Closing out the event is USA’s Jade Carey.
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Rebeca Andrade does not catch Simone Biles
Rebeca Andrade scores a total 14.966 on her two attempts.
She won’t catch Simone Biles for gold, it appears. But Andrade has guaranteed herself a medal.
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Ellie Black of Canada doesn’t quite stick the landing on her second attempt. She gets a total of 13.933.
Rebeca Andrade of Brazil is up next.
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Simone Biles takes the lead
Simone Biles lands the double pike on her first attempt.
On her second, she nails her triple twist
Her total is 15.300 to take the lead.
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Canada’s Shallon Olsen landed on her knees on her second attempt after not getting enough height on her dismount. Her total score is 13.366.
Simone Biles is next!
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Next is An Chang-ok of North Korea.
She scores a total of 14.216 to take the current lead after two gymnasts have gone. Degree of difficulty judged to be higher on her routine.
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Women’s Vault final is underway
Up first in the women’s vault final is Valentina Georgia of Bulgaria.
She scores a 13.983, which likely won’t be enough to medal. Solid performance but not much creativity, according to commentators.
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Philippines’ Carlos Yulo wins gold in men’s floor exercise
In men’s floor exercise, Carlos Yulo of the Philippines wins the nation’s first-ever medal in gymnastics and its second gold.
Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat wins silver (after winning gold in Tokyo) and Great Britain’s Jake Harman earns bronze.
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