It may be the team finals, but it will be all eyes on Simone Biles as the USA aim to defend their Olympic title this morning.
Widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time, the 19-time world champion showed a few chinks in her armour with some wayward landings in qualification. In her preferred events – vault and floor – Biles landed completely off the mat, while on beam her dismount was scrappy too.
The USA team was far from their best and the Russian Olympic Committee qualified top. Biles came under a lot of heat over her team qualifying in second place – a first for the USA in over a decade at a major competition – but even with an under par performance, she still scored at the top of the individual standings. She and her team-mates – Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee and Grace McCallum – will likely step things up a gear with a gold medal on the line and the slate completely wiped clean for the final.
For the first time in a long time though, it is not a foregone conclusion and the ROC will give them a run for their money. The two teams will begin the competition together on vault.
Below those two front runners, Telegraph Sport columnist Becky Downie thinks the bronze battle will be wide open, with China, France, Belgium, as well as Great Britain and Italy, all in with a chance.
“It will be a task for GB to get the bronze, but I don’t think it’s impossible,” Downie says. “In 2019 nobody expected the Italian team to get a team medal at the World Championships, but they had a steady competition and there were loads of falls from other teams. So you need to have a great competition, whichever country takes that bronze.”
GB qualified in sixth place, and will start their rotation on the balance beam alongside Belgium, who qualified just above them.
We will be with you for all the action, beginning at 11:45am.