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U.S. Track & Field and Gymnastics Olympic Trials Continue

June 28, 2024
With officially four weeks (!!!) to go until the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony, roster selection season is in full swing. This weekend’s serving up thrilling U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials and U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials action. Team USA, loading.
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The GIST: With officially four weeks (!!!) to go until the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony, roster selection season is in full swing. This weekend’s serving up thrilling U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials and U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials action. Team USA, loading.

👟 Track & field trials race into final weekend: As a reminder, the goal for each competitor is to finish on the podium: only the top three from each final make the Olympic team (if they also meet the Olympic qualifying standards). This weekend’s must-see races? First, tonight’s 10:50 p.m. ET men’s 110m hurdles final, featuring defending silver medalist Grant Halloway.

  • Then Sunday at 7:29 p.m. ET, it’ll be all eyes on the women’s 400m hurdles and reigning gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who set a world record the last time she raced the event at TrackTown, USA. Blink and you might just miss her.

🤸 Simone Biles headlines USA Gymnastics field: Where else to start than with the GOAT? The most decorated gymnast of all time is largely expected to punch her ticket to Paris and clinch a third Games appearance. She’ll be joined by four additional women and the five-person men’s squad, along with four Olympic alternates.

  • The top all-around finishers from this weekend (women’s and men’s) automatically qualify, while the rest are chosen by a selection committee, which takes this weekend’s performances and past events into account. And this team is tough to make — they don’t call it gym-nice-stics, after all.
  • Aside from Biles, competitors to watch include six-time world medalist Shilese Jones, reigning Olympic all-around champ Suni Lee, and, for the men, U.S. all-around champ Brody Malone.
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