The road to a third-straight Olympic gold medal for the Simone Biles-led U.S. women’s gymnastics team will not be the coronation everyone has been expecting
TOKYO—.
The heavily favored U.S.team finished their qualifying round behind Russian athletes on Sunday, showing that they could possibly slip from the sky-high pedestal built for them by the decade-long dominance of the American gymnastics program and the hype surrounding Biles, its superstar. The squad is still assured a spot in the team final scheduled for Tuesday. And Biles— undefeated in national, world and Olympic all-around competition since 2013—stood atop the individual standings as competition continued late Sunday, with likely qualification for floor and vault finals as well. Her spot in the balance beam final was less certain.
Biles had an uncharacteristic number of significant errors. She flew out of bounds and off the mat entirely on her third tumbling pass in the floor exercise, took another big step out of bounds on her Cheng vault, and staggered backward on her dismount from the balance beam. The missteps she and other U.S. team members made during qualification, combined with the unexpectedly strong performances from the Russians, suggests a far more closely fought final than had been anticipated by many.
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