Simone Biles can add to her greatest-of-all-time résumé on Thursday when she competes in the women’s gymnastics all-around final of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena. The 27-year-old Biles is already is the most decorated American gymnast of all time in the Olympics with eight medals, including five golds. She also has earned 30 medals at the world championships, including 23 gold medals. On Tuesday she led the United States to gold in the team competition, the team’s third gold in the last four Olympics.
Biles will enter the final as the decisive favorite. Fellow American Suni Lee, who’s the reigning all-around Olympic champion, and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade also are gold medal contenders. The competition is set to start at 12:15 p.m ET. Before locking in any 2024 Paris Olympics picks or women’s gymnastics predictions, you need to see what SportsLine Olympic insider Mike Tierney has to say.
A national sportswriter whose work appears in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered nine Olympic Games in person. At Rio in 2016, Tierney profited big-time. He told readers to bet Over on Team USA’s gold medal count (41.5) and Over on Team USA’s overall medal count (102.5). The result?…
