Gymnastics: 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials preview, full schedule, and how to watch live
A star-studded field, including three Olympic gold medallists in Simone Biles, Suni Lee, and Jade Carey, headline the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, set for 27-30 June at Minneapolis’ Target Center.
Team USA will announce both its Paris 2024 men’s (29 June) and women’s (30 June) teams for artistic gymnastics at the event.
Biles enters competition as the far and away favourite to grab the one automatic berth to the U.S. team that goes to the highest all-around scorer across the two days of competition.
A selection committee, which includes 2008 Olympic silver medallist Alicia Sacramone, Tatiana Perskaia and Jessie DeZiel, will select the remaining four team members, as well as two traveling and two non-traveling replacement athletes.
Though it will be a tight race for those final four spots, three women have emerged as favourites after competition at the U.S. Classic and U.S. Championships, but each faces her own unique challenges.
Ahead of the U.S. nationals, Shilese Jones, a two-time world all-around medallist, seemed as close to a lock as anyone not named Biles. But a shoulder injury flared up following her impressive season debut at the U.S. Classic. Jones withdrew from the U.S. Championships and successfully petitioned to the trials with her coach Sarah Korngold telling GymCastic they would have competed if it was the trials. All eyes will be on Jones' form during official practice on Wednesday (26 June).
Second at the U.S. championships, Skye Blakely finds herself in prime position for a first trip to the Games. She’ll need to push aside bad memories from the 2021 trials where Blakely, who was eligible for Tokyo 2020 after the Games were delayed a year for COVID-19, was injured to deliver another strong performance and cement her spot.
Suni Lee, the reigning Olympic all-around champion, also looks to be in good shape for Paris after finishing fourth in the all-around at the U.S. championships. She had stand out individual event finishes on the uneven bars (4th) and balance beam (2nd).
Lee has been dealing with a kidney-related health issue that has had her in and out of training since early 2023. She and coach Jess Graba told Olympics.com earlier this year that she was in remission and feeling good. Lee will look to continue her rapid improvement in her hometown of Minneapolis, including adding elements to her uneven bars routine, to clinch her ticket to Paris.
The battle for the final spot will be intense with 2023 Pan Am Games all-around champion Kayla DiCello; Tokyo 2020 Olympic floor champion Carey; 2021 world all-around silver medallist Leanne Wong; Tokyo 2020 Olympic team silver medallist Jordan Chiles; and 2023 Pan Am Games floor champion Kaliya Lincoln all in the mix.
Brody Malone leads the men’s charge
Tokyo 2020 Olympian and 2022 world horizontal bar champion Brody Malone comes to Minneapolis fresh off capturing his third U.S. all-around crown.
His victory in Ft. Worth capped more than a year of recovery after a terrifying spill on a high bar dismount last spring in Germany. With the form Malone showed at nationals, he’ll be the one to watch at trials.
Fred Richard and Khoi Young, who finished second and third, respectively, at the U.S. championships also seem on track for Paris.
The U.S. men’s team could be decided automatically if the highest scoring team across the four days (two from nationals, two from trials) of competition matches the highest scoring team using the best three of four scores. Otherwise, like the women’s squad, it will be decided by committee.
An athlete can lock his spot to the team by finishing first in the all-around while also recording three top three individual event finishes.
Other contenders to keep on eye on include Tokyo Olympians Yul Moldauer and Shane Wiskus, who were fourth and fifth at nationals, respectively; 2022 world team member Donnell Whittenburg, a former Olympic alternate; and Paul Juda, a 2023 world team bronze medal winner.
2023 U.S. champ Asher Hong will look to rebound after a disappointing 10th place finish in the all-around at nationals.
Gymnastics: 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – full schedule
Competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics begins on Thursday, 27 June and concludes on Sunday, 30 June, where the U.S. women’s team will be named.
Below is the complete schedule of the event. All times are local to the event (U.S. Central time).
Thursday, 27 June
- 5:30-8pm – Men’s competition, day 1
Friday, 28 June
- 6:30-9pm – Women’s competition, day 1
Saturday, 29 June
- 2-5pm – Men’s competition, day 2
Sunday, 30 June
- 7-10pm – Women’s competition, day 2
Gymnastics: 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – how to watch live
All four days of competition from the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics will be available to watch live across various NBC platforms. Peacock will carry live streaming coverage of every session live.
The complete broadcast is as follows. All times are local to the event (U.S. Central time).
Thursday, 27 June
- 5:30-8pm – Men’s competition, day 1 (USA Network)
Friday, 28 June
- 6:30-7pm – Women’s competition, day 1 (Peacock)
- 7-9pm – Women’s competition, day 1 (NBC)
Saturday, 29 June
- 2-5pm – Men’s competition, day 2 (NBC)
Sunday, 30 June
- 7-7:30pm – Women’s competition, day 2 (Peacock)
- 8-10pm – Women’s competition, day 2 (NBC)