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The Paris Olympics are fast approaching. Here's what you need to know about the first post-pandemic Games.

With the Russians not welcome at the 2024 Paris Olympics, that could mean even more medals for the U.S. gymnastics team.

Simone Biles is back and better than ever, and she’s likely to add a few more gold medals to her collection before she leaves the Paris Olympics. The U.S. women’s gymnastics team is stacked with four returning Olympians, each of whom feels she has something to prove.

The U.S. men’s gymnastics team, meanwhile, has a good chance to end a 16-year Olympics medal drought. It won its first team medal at the world championships in nine years last fall and, with Brody Malone back, the guys see no reason they can’t snap another streak in Paris.

Here’s a look at the competition schedule for gymnastics at the Paris Olympics. NBC and Peacock will carry the action live and will re-air it in primetime in the U.S.

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When is gymnastics qualifying at Olympics?

Men’s qualifying is on Saturday, July 27, and the women follow a day later on Sunday, July 28. The top eight teams advance to the team finals.

The U.S. men drew the first subdivision, which means they’ll begin competition at 5 a.m. ET (11 a.m. Paris time). Britain, Canada and Germany are the other teams in the session. The U.S. men will begin on pommel horse, traditionally their weakest event.

The U.S. women are in the second division, so they’ll begin competition at 5:40 a.m. ET (11:40 a.m. Paris time). China and Italy are also in the group. The Americans begin on balance beam.

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When are gymnastics team finals at Olympics?

The men’s team final is Monday, July 29, at 11:30 a.m. ET (5:30 p.m. Paris time), and will last 2.5 hours. The women’s team final follows on Tuesday, July 30, at 12:15 p.m. ET (at 6:15 p.m. Paris time), and will last about two hours.

When is gymnastics all-around final at Olympics?

The men’s all-around final is Wednesday, July 31, at 11:30 a.m. ET (at 5:30 p.m. Paris time), and is scheduled to last for 2.5 hours. The women’s all-around final is Thursday, Aug. 1, at 12:15 p.m. ET (6:15 p.m. Paris time), and should last a little less than two hours.

When are gymnastics individual event finals at Olympics?

Event finals are Aug. 3-5.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Day 1 opens with the men’s floor exercise final, beginning at or 9:30 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. Paris time). After a victory ceremony for that event, it’s the women’s vault final at 10:20 a.m. ET (4:20 p.m. Paris time). After another medals presentation, the first day wraps up with the pommel horse final, which starts at 11:10 a.m. ET (5:10 p.m. Paris time).

Sunday, Aug. 4: Day 2 begins with the still rings final, beginning at 9 a.m. ET (at 3 p.m. Paris time). Next is uneven bars at 9:40 a.m. ET (3:40 p.m. Paris time), followed by the men’s vault final at 10:25 a.m. ET (4:24 p.m Paris time). Medals for all three events will be presented after the vault final.

Monday, Aug. 5: Day 3 is a big one, with four event finals, two for the women and two for the men. Competition begins at 5:45 a.m. ET (11:45 a.m. Paris time), with the men’s parallel bars. There will be a medals ceremony and then it’s balance beam at 6:36 a.m. ET (12:36 p.m. Paris time). There’ll be a victory ceremony after.

The men’s high bar final is scheduled to begin at 7:31 a.m. ET (1:31 p.m. Paris time), and there’ll be a medals ceremony right after. The last gymnastics event at the Paris Games is the women’s floor final, which begins at 8:20 a.m. ET (2:20 p.m. Paris time). There’ll be one last presentation of medals and then it’s a wrap on gymnastics in Paris.