The second and final day of USA Women’s Gymnastics Olympic trials is set for Sunday. The event will serve as the biggest measuring stick for whom the selection committee will pick to represent the United States in the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics.
US Olympic trials 2016 live stream: How to watch women’s gymnastics online
Here’s how you can watch the final day of the USA Women’s Gymnastics Olympic trials.
The top all-around finisher after two days of competition will auto-qualify to the five-gymnast squad, but the rest will have to make the cut based on how the committee wants to construct the team. Sunday’s trials will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on NBC. A simulcast of the network coverage will be live streamed via NBC Sports beginning at the same time.
Simone Biles leads all women after one day of competition with 61.850 points. She has a full point lead over Lauren Hernandez, a 16-year-old trying to make her first Olympics as well. The first day of action was on Friday, and it contained all four events -- the balance beam, floor exercise, uneven bars and vault.
Sunday will see all the competitors cycle through all of those events again. Not every gymnast has to participate in every event at the Olympics, with three representing the United States in each event. This means that the top five all-around finishers aren’t necessarily the best gymnasts for the job, and the committee will try and structure the team to have no weaknesses overall.
Still, finishing atop would let someone automatically qualify and Biles is hoping it will be her. She didn’t have a flawless first day and that’s what the committee is looking for more than anything else: consistency.
Gabby Douglas, a gold medal winner from the 2012 London Olympics, fell during one of her routines and finished in seventh after the first day of action. She’ll have a lot of ground to make up on Sunday. Aly Raisman finished in third on Friday and is also an Olympic gold medalist.
Below is all the information you need to watch the final day of Olympic trials, with a link to the live stream from NBC Sports.
Olympic trials women’s gymnastics coverage for Sunday
Full event list: Balance beam, floor exercise, uneven bars, vault
Time: 8:30-11 p.m. ET
TV: NBC
Streaming: NBC Sports
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