Why you won’t see Simone Biles at the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony – NBC Chicago

The 2024 Summer season Olympics are getting underway Friday, with a historic Opening Ceremony kicking off the highly-anticipated occasion in Paris, although one star American athlete will not be in attendance.

Whereas LeBron James and Coco Gauff act because the American flag bearers for the historic ceremony, gymnast Simone Biles has work to get completed.

All eyes might be on Biles as she returns to the Olympic stage after stunning the world when she withdrew from one among her remaining occasions within the 2020 Tokyo Video games.

Followers will not have to attend lengthy to see Biles, arguably one of many largest stars of the 2024 Olympics, in motion, and it is why she will not be seen at Friday’s Opening Ceremony.

In line with Biles’ mom, the record-breaking gymnast might be making ready for competitors on Sunday.

“She must relaxation up earlier than that competitors,” Biles’ mom stated.

Biles made headlines in the course of the 2020 competitors when she found she had the twisties and withdrew from the workforce remaining and particular person all-around to give attention to her psychological well being. She bounced again earlier than competitors ended, although, and walked away with a bronze medal within the steadiness beam to associate with silver within the workforce occasion.

After a two-year hiatus, Biles, 27, proved to be simply as dominant in her 2023 return to the worldwide stage as she was at her first Olympics in 2016. She received the person all-around title on the gymnastics world championships in October and breezed by means of final month’s U.S. Olympic trials.

Now her sights are set on an Olympic efficiency not like every other.

Gymnastics is historically probably the most fashionable of the Video games, however seeing Biles make her return will undoubtedly elevate the stakes this yr. Gymnastics competitors will begin as early as Saturday, however when are you able to see the legend herself?

On the ladies’s facet, the workforce options Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carrey and Hezley Rivera.

Biles’ Chicago Bears-player husband might be in attendance on the Video games to cheer her on.

A random draw earlier this yr landed the ladies’s workforce in subdivision two for the qualification spherical. Following qualification, prime groups will compete within the workforce remaining, and prime athletes from the all-around and every occasion will compete in these finals as effectively.

Here is the entire ladies’s competitors schedule to look at for Biles in:

July 28

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics {Qualifications} (U.S. subdivision 2)

When the occasion occurs: Competitors begins at 2:30 a.m.; U.S. subdivision begins at 4:40 a.m. CT

When it airs: Protection begins on E! at 4:45 a.m., on NBC 5 at 5 a.m. CT, on E! at 7:50 a.m. and as soon as extra at 11 a.m.; Primetime protection airs on NBC 5 at 6 p.m.

July 30

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics Workforce Ultimate*

When the occasion occurs: 11:15 a.m. CT

When it airs: Protection begins on NBC 5 at 11:15 a.m. CT; It’ll re-air in primetime beginning at 7 p.m.

Aug. 1

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics All-Round Ultimate  

When the occasion occurs: 11:15 a.m. CT 

When it airs: Protection begins at 11:15 a.m. CT on NBC 5 and once more in primetime at 7 p.m. CT

Aug. 3

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics Vault Ultimate*

When the occasion occurs: 9:20 a.m. CT

When it airs: Protection begins on E! beginning at 8:15 a.m. CT; Ultimate occasions will air on NBC 5 at 3:30 p.m. and once more in primetime at 7 p.m.

Aug. 4

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics Uneven Bars Ultimate 

When the occasion occurs: 8:40 a.m. CT

When it airs: Protection begins at 8 a.m. on NBC 5; It’ll air once more in primetime beginning at 6 p.m. CT

Aug. 5

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics Steadiness Beam Ultimate

When the occasion occurs: 5:38 a.m. CT

When it airs: Protection begins at 4:45 a.m. CT on E! and on NBC 5 beginning at 8:30 a.m. CT. It’ll air once more in primetime on NBC 5 beginning at 7 p.m.

Sport: Ladies’s Inventive Gymnastics Flooring Train Ultimate

When the occasion occurs: 7:23 a.m. CT

When it airs: Protection begins at 4:45 a.m. CT on E! and on NBC 5 beginning at 8:30 a.m. CT. It’ll air once more in primetime on NBC 5 beginning at 7 p.m.