Paris Olympics 2024
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As the self-appointed, unelected Kingsfans women’s artistic gymnastics correspondent, I unfortunately (for me at least) won’t be able to catch the event finals due to traveling.
Here’s a rundown of the last events before Olympic gymnastics at Paris come to a close, and the chances of the US bringing home 7 more medals, including potentially 4 golds.
Here’s a rundown of the last events before Olympic gymnastics at Paris come to a close, and the chances of the US bringing home 7 more medals, including potentially 4 golds.
This would be one of the seemingly more clear cut events finals as there is such a huge gap between the top three and the rest of the field.
Biles is literally unbeatable if she hits her Biles II, being the most difficult vault a woman can perform. That leaves Andrade and Carey to fight for silver.
Andrade unleashed her new vault in the all around finals, which helped her keep pace with Biles, but not enough to overcome her.
Carey might have a new vault to unveil too, which makes this one even tougher to call. Plus, she’ll be motivated to redeem herself after the flub on vault in Tokyo.
Beyond them, everyone else is a half a point or more behind.
Prediction:
Gold - Biles
Silver - Andrade
Bronze - Carey
Biles is literally unbeatable if she hits her Biles II, being the most difficult vault a woman can perform. That leaves Andrade and Carey to fight for silver.
Andrade unleashed her new vault in the all around finals, which helped her keep pace with Biles, but not enough to overcome her.
Carey might have a new vault to unveil too, which makes this one even tougher to call. Plus, she’ll be motivated to redeem herself after the flub on vault in Tokyo.
Beyond them, everyone else is a half a point or more behind.
Prediction:
Gold - Biles
Silver - Andrade
Bronze - Carey
This one is a bit tougher to gauge. Both Nemour and Qiu have the highest difficulty of anyone competing, but Nemour has performed better, and Qiu fell during the all-around.
After them it’s Lee, who is spectacular on bars, but operating on a shade lower difficulty than the top two, and defending Olympic champion on bars Darwael who cannot be counted out.
And unlike vault, the field is close enough that Zhang, D’Amato, Downie, and Kervic can at least be considering in the running for bronze.
Prediction
Gold - Nemour
Silver - Qiu
Bronze - Lee
After them it’s Lee, who is spectacular on bars, but operating on a shade lower difficulty than the top two, and defending Olympic champion on bars Darwael who cannot be counted out.
And unlike vault, the field is close enough that Zhang, D’Amato, Downie, and Kervic can at least be considering in the running for bronze.
Prediction
Gold - Nemour
Silver - Qiu
Bronze - Lee
Here’s another one that’s wide open, and predictions got even more scrambled when the odds on favorite Zhou, fell on beam during team finals - which has been a theme for China in Paris, their stars scrubbing on their specialties. That said, barring another fall, Zhou’s difficulty rating otherwise makes her untouchable on beam.
Lee also looked shaky during both quals and all around on beam, but smashed it during team finals, so she is perfectly capable of taking silver at the least. As long as she comes into the event final with that competitive fire we saw in her during all around, she could come away from beam with her seventh Olympic medal, tying Shannon Miller.
Biles also looms having earned bronze on beam in the past two Olympics and if Zhou and Lee hit, then Biles is in position to make it three Olympics in a row with a bronze on beam.
Andrade is of course in the field as well and is always dangerous. Voinea could make a move as she tries to bring home Romania’s first medal in gymnastics since London. Esposito and D’Amato are also strong competitors for Italy. Soares in place of Saraiva makes the field a shade less competitive, but she is still within striking distance.
Again, beam is wide open.
Prediction
Gold - Zhou
Silver - Lee
Bronze - Biles
Lee also looked shaky during both quals and all around on beam, but smashed it during team finals, so she is perfectly capable of taking silver at the least. As long as she comes into the event final with that competitive fire we saw in her during all around, she could come away from beam with her seventh Olympic medal, tying Shannon Miller.
Biles also looms having earned bronze on beam in the past two Olympics and if Zhou and Lee hit, then Biles is in position to make it three Olympics in a row with a bronze on beam.
Andrade is of course in the field as well and is always dangerous. Voinea could make a move as she tries to bring home Romania’s first medal in gymnastics since London. Esposito and D’Amato are also strong competitors for Italy. Soares in place of Saraiva makes the field a shade less competitive, but she is still within striking distance.
Again, beam is wide open.
Prediction
Gold - Zhou
Silver - Lee
Bronze - Biles
This one is less of mystery, but no less exciting.
As we saw during the all around, Biles is a supernova on floor. Andrade is also spectacular in a comfortable second. And Chiles’ routine has become a crowd favorite putting her solidly in third, with an outside shot to take over silver from Andrade.
No one else is close to those three except perhaps again Voinea who will have one more chance to bring Romania a medal.
Prediction
Gold - Biles
Silver - Andrade
Bronze - Chiles
As we saw during the all around, Biles is a supernova on floor. Andrade is also spectacular in a comfortable second. And Chiles’ routine has become a crowd favorite putting her solidly in third, with an outside shot to take over silver from Andrade.
No one else is close to those three except perhaps again Voinea who will have one more chance to bring Romania a medal.
Prediction
Gold - Biles
Silver - Andrade
Bronze - Chiles
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I live in a small "majority minority" suburb. I don't think we have any of either. What's in Atlanta, I don't know, nor do I have the curiosity to find out.
Either way, I forgot that the wrestling doesn't start until the day after tomorrow: it looks like we have seven medal contenders (3 men, 4 women) and four medal favorites (2 men, 2 women).
Either way, I forgot that the wrestling doesn't start until the day after tomorrow: it looks like we have seven medal contenders (3 men, 4 women) and four medal favorites (2 men, 2 women).