When is Olympic gymnastics uneven bars final? What to know about Paris Games event
The American women are looking to end a gold medal drought in the uneven bars. Can they change that at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
A woman from the U.S. hasn't topped the Olympic podium in the uneven bars in more than four decades, with the last U.S. gold in the event coming in 1984, when Julianne McNamara tied for first place with China's Ma Yanhong at the Los Angeles Games.
That doesn't mean the Americans haven't come close. Madison Kocian earned silver at the 2016 Rio Games and Nastia Liukin took silver at the 2008 Beijing Games. Sunisa Lee, the Tokyo Olympics all-around champion, won a bronze medal in the uneven bars at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
Lee is the only American in the uneven bars competition this year. She's already picked up two medals at the Paris Games so far — gold medal in the team event and bronze in the all-around at the Paris Games.
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Here's everything you need to know about the women's uneven bars final:
When is gymnastics uneven bars final?
The women's uneven bars final is Sunday, Aug. 4. at 9:40 a.m. ET at the Bercy Arena in Paris.
How to watch gymnastics uneven bars final
The women's uneven bars final will be broadcast live on NBC, USA Network and E! Network. It can also be streamed on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com and the NBC Sports app.
Who is competing in women's Olympic uneven bars final?
Here's the eight gymnasts who qualified for the women's uneven bars final, accompanied by their qualifying score:
Algeria's Kaylia Nemour (15.600)
China's Qiyuan Qiu (15.066)
USA's Sunisa Lee (14.866)
Belgium's Nina Derwael (14.733)
China's Yihan Zhang (14.700)
Italy's Alice D'amato (14.666)
Great Britain's Rebecca Downie (14.666)
Germany's Helen Kervic (14.600)
How does it work? Each gymnast will perform one routine on the apparatus. No scores carry over from the qualification, team final or all-around competition. The order for the uneven bars final is determined by a random draw.
Is Simone Biles competing in uneven bars final?
The uneven bars event final is being held Sunday, but Biles won't be competing. Despite winning her second gold medal in the women's all-around competition – where a gymnast competes on all four apparatuses – the uneven bars are not considered Biles' strong suit. During the qualification round last week, Biles finished ninth (14.433) on the uneven bars, barely missing out as only the top 8 advance to the final.
Who is the reigning women's Olympic uneven bars champion?
Nina Derwael is the reigning Olympic uneven bars champion. She became the first Belgian female gymnast to medal, picking up gold in Tokyo in 2021. American Sunisa Lee, the 2020 Olympic all-around champion, finished with a bronze medal. Here's how the final uneven bars podium rounded out at the Tokyo Games:
Gold: Belgium's Nina Derwael — 15.200
Silver: ROC's Anastasia Ilyankova — 14.833
Bronze: USA's Sunisa Lee — 14.500
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