Hollywood Life: The Best Times to Watch Simone Biles, Swimming, and More
A total of 12 medal events are happening in Paris on Tuesday, the fewest of any day at the Olympics this summer. The men’s and women’s gold medal surfing events will also take place, but in Tahiti, live in primetime.
Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team are competing in the team final today.
Biles and her teammates Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera are heavy favorites to win gold, with a dominant qualifying performance again showing how far ahead they are of their competitors. Biles tweaked her calf in qualifying but remains the favorite to win the event even with the injury scare.
Along with women’s gymnastics, there are three more swimming medal events taking place and 3×3 basketball begins.
In addition to the medal events, the U.S. women’s rugby team will take on New Zealand aiming to move on to the gold medal game.
While the men’s triathlon was scheduled for Tuesday, it has been postponed to Wednesday following the women’s triathlon due to water tests showing unacceptable levels of E. coli and other bacteria in the Seine River.
Here are more schedules for Day 4 (July 30) of the Olympics.
Simone Biles and U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team
Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team compete today in the Olympics team final, which starts at 12:15 p.m. ET.
Cecile Landi, one of Biles’ coaches, said there are no concerns about Biles continuing to compete in Paris after tweaking her calf and having her ankle taped during Sunday’s qualifying session. Landi said, “she felt better at the end (of the session), yeah.”
Simone Biles will compete in five of the six women’s gymnastics events, with uneven bars being the lone event she will not compete in.
Swimming
The Olympic swimming schedule today features three finals, Katie Ledecky’s 1,500m heat, and semifinals for men’s 100m free and 200m fly.
- 2:30pm-4:30pm: Men’s 100m free, women’s 200m fly (semi-finals), women’s 100m back (final), men’s 800m free (final), women’s 100m free, men’s 200m breast (semi-finals), men’s 4x200m free relay (final)
Tennis
- 6am-5pm: Men’s and women’s singles and doubles
Basketball 3×3
- 11:30pm: Men’s and women’s pool round
- 3pm: Men’s and women’s pool round
Surfing
- 10:15pm: Surfing – Men’s and Women’s Event