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Paris Olympics gymnastics live updates: Suni Lee looks to take home more gold as apparatus finals continue

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Paris Olympics gymnastics live updates: Suni Lee looks to take home more gold as apparatus finals continue

After Simone Biles and “Pommel Horse Guy” Stephen Nedoroscik collected more hardware for Team USA in the first day of gymnastics apparatus finals, Suni Lee will look to add to the U.S. medal haul today in the uneven bars final.

Lee qualified for the final with the third-best score, a 14.866. Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour had the top score in qualification with a 15.600. Reigning world champion Qiyuan Qiu from China came in second at 15.066.

Also in today’s finals are the men’s rings and vault, which no Americans qualified for despite Team USA having taken home the bronze medal in the team competition. Speaking of Team USA’s medal count, you can check that out here, with the U.S. heading into Sunday’s competitions with a lead in overall medals and also running second in gold medals.

  • Start time: 9 a.m. ET/ 6 a.m. PT (Americans qualified for event)

    • Men’s rings — 9 a.m. ET: No Americans qualified

    • Women’s uneven bars — 9:40 a.m. ET: Suni Lee

    • Men’s vault — 10:24 a.m. ET: No Americans qualified

  • Location: Bercy Arena | Paris, France

  • TV channel: NBC

  • Streaming: Fubo, Peacock

Stay with Yahoo Sports for live updates and full coverage of the gymnastics apparatus finals at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

Live3 updates

  • Big cheers for French gymnast Samir Ait Said, who performs a strong routine and gets a stick in front of his home crowd. He gets a 15.000, and just misses out on moving into one of the three medal spots.

    Turkey’s Adem Asil also missed out on the podium with a 14.966.

  • The men’s rings final is underway in Paris

    The first four of eight competitors have completed their routines. Chinese gymnastics Liu Yang and Zou Jingyuan sit in the top two sports with scores of 15.300 and 15.233, with Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias in third with a score of 15.100.

    Belgium’s Glen Cuyle fell on the landing and received a 13.833; he will not medal.

  • Day two of the gymnastics apparatus finals is underway, with Sunisa Lee competing for the United States on the uneven bars. There are three events on the slate today: men’s rings, women’s bars and men’s vault. Lee will be the only American competing today, as none of the U.S. men’s gymnasts qualified for these two finals.

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