2024 U.S. Classic featuring Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas and Sunisa Lee: Preview, full schedule and how to watch live
The 2024 U.S. Classic in Hartford, Connecticut, might need a red carpet.
The event, scheduled for 17-18 May, will be a star-studded affair and feature Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medallists Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee. The trio are part of a run of five-straight American winners in the event with Douglas, Biles and Lee having struck gold at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, respectively.
It will be the first competition that features all three as Olympic all-around winners in the same field.
Previously, Lee and Biles and Lee and Douglas have competed in the same events after having had their Olympic triumphs. All three last took part in the same event at the 2016 U.S. championships, where only Douglas had already claimed the Olympic all-around crown.
At the 2016 U.S. nationals, Biles was the champion, Douglas finished fourth and Lee was 10th in the junior competition.
There will also be plenty of other stars to watch in Hartford, including two-time world all-around medallist Shilese Jones, Olympic floor exercise champion Jade Carey, and Olympic team silver medallist Jordan Chiles.
Others to keep an eye out for include World team champions Leanne Wong, the 2021 world all-around runner-up, Joscelyn Roberson and Skye Blakely.
2022 U.S. champion Konnor McClain will be making her first appearance in elite gymnastics since grabbing the national crown in August of 2022. Last month, she was an integral part of Louisiana State University’s first-ever NCAA team championship win.
Read on for the complete schedule and how to watch all the action live from the U.S. Classic.
2024 U.S. Classic, Hartford, Connecticut - full schedule
The 2024 U.S. Classic is a two-day event with junior and hopes competition set for Friday (17 May) with two sessions of senior women’s action scheduled for Saturday (18 May). Below is the complete schedule. All times are Eastern.
Friday, 17 May
- 2-4:30pm – Hopes Championships
- 7-9:30pm – Junior women’s competition
Saturday, 18 May
- 2-4pm – Senior women’s competition, session 1
- 7-9pm – Senior women’s competition, session 2 (featuring all gymnasts who have been Olympic and World Championships team members)
2024 U.S. Classic, Hartford, Connecticut – How to tune in live
Fans can watch all the action live from Hartford with the Hopes Championship and all podium training sessions set to stream on USA Gymnastics’ subscription streaming service FlipNow.Tv.
The junior women’s competition and the first senior session will stream on the USA Gymnastics YouTube Channel.
Finally, the second session of senior women’s competition which will feature Biles, Douglas and Lee will air live on CNBC and Peacock. There will be an NBC recap show on Sunday (19 May) at 2pm ET.