After a busy full day of competitions, big names close out the first weekend of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera will make their Paris debut on the U.S. gymnastics team. Biles, Lee and Chiles will compete in all four events in qualifications on Sunday.
Team USA men's basketball will face three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and Serbia to start group play. It will be LeBron James ' first Olympic Game since 2012 and Stephen Curry 's first.
Women soccer's quest for its record-extending fifth gold medal continues with a matchup against Germany. The U.S. comfortably defeated Zambia 3-0 on Thursday and faces a Germany squad also coming off a win.
Top events to watch
- 3:30 a.m. ET: Gymnastics -- women's qualification begins; the U.S. team competes at 5:40 a.m.
- 5 a.m. ET: Swimming -- men's/women's 200m freestyle heats, men's 100m backstroke heats, women's 100m breaststroke heats, men's 400m individual medley heats
- 11:15 a.m. ET: Basketball -- Olympic men's team vs. Serbia
- 2:30 p.m. ET: Swimming -- medal rounds for Men's 400m individual medley, men's 100m backstroke, women's 100m butterfly; semifinals for men's/women's 200m freestyle, men's 100m backstroke, women's 100m breaststroke
- 3 p.m. ET : Soccer -- Olympic women's team vs. Germany
A full list of the July 28th schedule can be found here .
Here's what's in store for Sunday:
Previewing women's gymnastics
Simone Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team begin their quest for "redemption" Sunday. It's no surprise the seven-time Olympic medalist will anchor three of the four lineups during qualifying, which utilizes a four-up, three-count format where teams drop their lowest score on each event.
Reigning Olympic all-around champion Sunisa Lee will anchor the U.S. on uneven bars and Biles, Lee and two-time Olympian Jordan Chiles will compete in the all-around, a necessity if a gymnast wants a chance to qualify into Thursday's final. The top 24 gymnasts will make the final, but only two per country are eligible.
Although qualification qualifies teams into team finals and individuals into event finals, the Team USA gymnasts -- four of whom were part of the silver medal squad in Tokyo -- say they aren't turning their minds to individual finals until the work of winning team gold is complete.
"I think when we go out on the floor for the first time, we're going to be really emotional, really excited and grateful to be back out there because we've all wanted it bad for the past three years," said reigning Olympic floor champion Jade Carey, who competed in Tokyo as an individual. "We're really driven by that redemption and we want to have a different experience this time around."
Setting the tone for Sunday's competition falls on Chiles, who leads off the team in its first rotation on the balance beam at 5:40 a.m. ET (11:40 a.m. Paris time). Carey and 16-year-old rookie Hezly Rivera will each compete in two events during qualifying. Lee will perform the final routine of the afternoon for the U.S. women on uneven bars, her specialty.
The lineups:
Balance beam: Chiles, Rivera, Lee, Biles
Floor: Lee, Chiles, Carey, Biles
Vault: Lee, Chiles, Carey, Biles
Uneven bars: Rivera, Chiles, Biles, Lee
-- Alyssa Roenigk
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