2024 American Classic preview: Full schedule and how to watch Gabby Douglas return live
Three-time Olympic gymnastics gold medallist Gabby Douglas is set to make her first competitive appearance since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Saturday (27 April) at the American Classic in Katy, Texas.
Douglas will be joined by fellow Olympic gold medallist Jade Carey and 2023 World team champion Joscelyn Roberson. It will be a season debut for both with Carey wrapping up her NCAA season a week ago and Roberson working her way back from an ankle injury sustained at the Worlds.
In February, Douglas had planned to compete at the Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, but withdrew from the event, citing COVID-19.
Douglas announced her intentions to try for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games last July.
She says the U.S. nationals two years ago stirred up her competitive fire.
"I was watching the 2022 [U.S.] championships, and I was like, 'Man, I miss competing.' And, I was trying to figure out how to get like, this... I'm still a competitor at heart.... I can get this out of me, and so I decided to start back training," Douglas told Hallie Jackson on NBC News Now. "I can't believe I'm in this sport again."
Below is the complete schedule and how to watch the American Classic live, as the U.S. elite gymnastics season continues on the road to Paris 2024.
2024 American Classic – full schedule
Competition at the 2024 American Classic begins Friday (26 April) with the Hopes athletes. Junior and senior elite women take centre stage on Saturday (27 April).
Below is the complete schedule. All times Eastern.
Friday, 26 April
4:15pm – Hopes 11-12
7:45pm – Hopes 13-14
Saturday, 27 April
10:45am – Junior women’s competition
2:45pm – Senior women’s competition
2024 American Classic – how to watch live
USA Gymnastics will live stream the competition on their pay-per-view platform, FlipNow.Tv.