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Seven-time Olympic gymnastics medallist Simone Biles is going back to where it all began, at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, which will be live on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Olympics app (territorial restrictions apply).
The 25-time World medallist made her debut at the event 10 years ago in Antwerp, winning four medals; all-around and floor exercise gold; vault silver; and balance beam bronze.
The last time Biles competed at the Worlds, in 2019, she came away with five gold medals (team, all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise), a feat she could repeat in Belgium.
Team USA will enter competition as the heavy favourites to win team gold, having claimed the last six world team titles, Olympic crowns in 2012 and 2016, and silver at Tokyo 2020.
The squad already holds the record for most back-to-back wins, but it would be Biles fifth in the event. She is currently tied with Romania’s Simona Amanar and China’s Huang Xu, Yang Wei and Chen Yibing as the only gymnasts to win four World team titles.
The 26-year-old will also be the favourite in the individual all-around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise finals.
Biles and the U.S. women get their competition underway on Sunday, 1 October, during the second of 10 women's qualifying sessions.
Below is Biles' complete schedule for the World Championshis in Antwerp. In order to advance to the individual medal rounds, Biles will need to finish in the top 24 all-around during qualifying and top eight in the individual event rankings. No more than two per nation can advance to each final.
The top eight teams after qualifying compete in the team final.
Sunday, 1 October -
Wednesday, 4 October
Friday, 6 October
Saturday, 7 October
Sunday, 8 October
The 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be shown around the world on live television broadcasts and digital livestreams, with highlights and event replays also available.
Coverage of the Paris 2024 Qualifying event will be available in some regions on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the official Olympics app (territorial restrictions apply).
Fans in the United States can watch Biles live from Antwerp via NBC and its streaming platform Peacock.
Peacock will carry all of the finals live. The complete schedule is below with all times Eastern.
NBC's networks will carry two tape-delayed broadcasts at the event at 2pm on Sunday, 8 October on CNBC and at noon Saturday, 14 October on NBC.
Broadcaster BBC holds the rights in the UK, while Globo will show the Championships in Brazil.
Fans in some territories can catch the action on the International Gymnastics Federation’s streaming hub All Gymnastics TV.