Fresh off a record seventh consecutive women’s team title at the 2023 World Championships, the USA Gymnastics teams head to Paris trying to make history. Headlined by two Olympic all-around gold medalists on the roster in Simone Biles and Suni Lee, the U.S. women’s artistic team of four Tokyo returners plus the youngest athlete in the U.S. delegation looks to return to the top of the team podium after claiming silver in Tokyo.
The men’s artistic team is the strongest it has been in a generation and looks for its first team medal since winning bronze in 2008 in Beijing. After taking team bronze at the 2023 World Championships and claiming several history-making medals, their podium aspirations are high.
Storylines:
The return of seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles to the Olympic stage for the third time. In Paris, Biles will compete in the home country of her personal coaches, Cecile and Laurent Landi.
The return of Tokyo all-around gold medalist Sunisa Lee to the Olympic stage after being diagnosed with a debilitating kidney disease.
The 2024 Olympic women’s delegation in Paris also includes reigning Olympic floor gold medalist Jade Carey and Tokyo team silver medalist Jordan Chiles to make four of five team members Olympic returners. Two-time Junior World Championships medalist and 16-year-old Hezly Rivera was selected to the Olympic team as a first-year senior and currently is the youngest member of all sports in the Team USA delegation.
The U.S. men may have their most dynamic lineup in years and are coming off of a bronze-medal team finish at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp. Collegiate stars Asher Hong, Paul Juda and Frederick Richard became international stars in 2023, with Richard winning bronze in the all-around in Antwerp and Hong and Juda sharing the team bronze.
Brody Malone has one of the most compelling comeback stories of any athlete in the Olympic quad. A Tokyo Olympian, the 2022 World champion on high bar, and a 10-time NCAA champion, Malone already has defied odds in recovering from a catastrophic knee injury to successfully make his second Olympic team.
Stephen Nedoroscik, the 2021 World Championships pommel horse champion, secured his spot to the U.S. men’s team as a specialist on the apparatus. He also boasts four U.S. pommel horse titles and is tied with Jim Hartung and John Roethlisberger for the most in U.S. history.
Both the women’s and men’s artistic teams are two of the most diverse teams in history. The women’s team is the most diverse, with BIPOC athletes making up 80% of the team. Four of the five team members represent Black, Asian and Hispanic backgrounds. The 2024 men’s team is 20% diverse, which matches the U.S Olympic team in 2012. Two of the five team members are BIPOC, with athletes representing Black and Asian backgrounds.
For inquiries: Jill Geer - jgeer@usagym.org
