Let’s keep it real — there are essentially four spots up for grabs in Women’s Gymnastics going into next week’s 2024 USA Gymnastics Olympic Trials inside the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The all-around winner after day two of trials will automatically secure her spot for the Paris Games, and Simone Biles should lock down the spot after her back-to-back dominating wins. That leaves room for four more gymnasts on a team of five headed to the 2024 Games in July.
Selection Process At Gymnastics Olympic Trials
Both the women’s and men’s U.S. Olympic teams will be announced at the conclusion of competition: Sunday for the women and Saturday for the men. In addition to each team’s five athletes, there are four alternates on each side with two traveling and two non-traveling (nine in total).
Keep reading to see who else to keep your eye on to make the Olympic team.
Simone Biles And Who Else? 2024 Olympic Gymnastics Team Predictions
2. Shilese Jones. Even though Jones pulled out of the Xfinity U.S. Championships due to a shoulder flare up, she is expected to make the Olympic team based on her strong performances as an all-arounder. She finished second in all-around to Biles in the Core
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3. Skye Blakely. Blakely is peaking at the right time for the Games after placing second at the U.S. Championships to earn an automatic spot to Olympic Trials and showing an upgraded Cheng vault to prove herself further.
4. Suni Lee. In her first elite all-around showing since the Tokyo Olympics, Lee commanded the arena to prove to herself and to everyone that she’s back since recovering from two types of kidney disease. She earned 4th all-around and scored a 14.5 on uneven bars and 14.9 on balance beam (highest beam score) on day two of competition.
5. Kayla DiCello. DiCello showed a consistent all-around performance in the U.S. Championships to earn third overall in the two days of competition. She was an alternate in 2020, so she will be gunning for one of the five coveted spots.
6. Jade Carey. The 2020 floor gold medalist is looking to secure a spot in her second Olympics. Carey shows off her main strengths in vault and floor with her high difficulty, making a strong case for using her as a specialist.
7. Jordan Chiles. As a 2020 Olympian, Chiles is also looking for a spot in her second Games. She’s a consistent all-arounder, but dropped to 5th place at the U.S. Championships after falling in day one on floor exercise and in day two on balance beam. She’ll want a consistent 8-for-8 showing at Trials to contend for a spot in Paris.
8. Joscelyn Roberson. Another strong two-event specialist like Carey, Roberson displays her main strengths on vault and floor. And she has the second highest difficulty on floor exercise behind Biles.
9. Leanne Wong. Wong was in 5th place in the all-around at the U.S. Championships before falling to 8th overall on day two after balance beam struggles. The Florida Gator and 2020 Olympic alternate will want to show that she can hit 8 for 8 routines to prove herself for a spot.
Women’s Competitors
- Simone Biles — Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
- Skye Blakely — Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
- Jade Carey — Phoenix, Ariz./Oregon State University
- Dulcy Caylor — Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
- Jordan Chiles — Vancouver, Wash./World Champions Centre
- Kayla DiCello — Boyds, Md./Hill’s Gymnastics
- Shilese Jones — Auburn, Wash./Ascend Gymnastics Center
- Suni Lee — St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center
- Kaliya Lincoln — Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
- Eveylynn Lowe — Blue Springs, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express
- Zoey Molomo — Frisco, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics
- Hezly Rivera — Oradell, N.J./WOGA Gymnastics
- Joscelyn Roberson — Texarkana, Texas/World Champions Centre
- Simone Rose — Sammamish, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
- Tiana Sumanasekera — Pleasanton, Calif./World Champions Centre
- Leanne Wong — Overland Park, Kan./University of Florida
Men’s Competitors
- Fuzzy Benas — Richmond, Texas/University of Oklahoma
- Jeremy Bischoff — Santa Clarita, Calif./Stanford University
- Cameron Bock — Tustin, Calif./University of Michigan
- Tate Costa — Narragansett, R.I./University of Illinois
- Alex Diab — Hinsdale, Ill./EVO Gymnastics
- Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University
- Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy
- Paul Juda — Deerfield, Ill./University of Michigan
- Josh Karnes — Erie, Pa./Penn State University
- Brody Malone — Aragon, Ga. /EVO Gymnastics
- Kiran Mandava — Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
- Yul Moldauer — Arvada, Colo./5280 Gymnastics
- Stephen Nedoroscik — Worcester, Mass./EVO Gymnastics
- Curran Phillips — Naperville, Ill./EVO Gymnastics
- Frederick Richard — Stoughton, Mass./University of Michigan
- Kai Uemura — Chicago, Ill./Lakeshore Academy
- Colt Walker — Cedar Park, Texas/Stanford University
- Donnell Whittenburg — Baltimore, Md./Salto Gymnastics
- Shane Wiskus — Spring Park, Minn./EVO Gymnastics
- Khoi Young — Bowie, Md./Stanford University
How To Watch?
- Thursday, June 27 – 5:30-8:00 p.m. – Men’s Day 1 (doors open at 4:15 p.m.)
- Friday, June 28 – 6:30-9:00 p.m. – Women’s Day 1 (doors open at 5:10 p.m.)
- Saturday, June 29 – 2:00-5:00 p.m. – Men’s Day 2 (doors open at 12:45 p.m.)
- Sunday, June 30 – 7:00-10:00 p.m. – Women’s Day 2 (doors open at 5:40 p.m.)
- Thursday, June 27 – Men’s Day 1 – USA Network, Peacock 6:30-9 p.m.
- Friday, June 28 – Women’s Day 1 – Peacock 7:30-8 p.m.; NBC, Peacock 8-10 p.m.
- Saturday, June 29 – Men’s Day 2 – NBC, Peacock 3-6 p.m.
- Sunday, June 30 – Women’s Day 2 – Peacock 8-8:30 p.m.; NBC, Peacock 8:30-11 p.m.
- 2024 Paris Olympic Games: July 27- August 5