BILES WITHDRAWS FROM GYMNASTICS FINAL TO PROTECT TEAM, SELF OLYMPICS ON TV WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

3x3 BASKETBALL 4 a.m. USA — Women’s 3x3 Basketball (Semifinal) 5:30 a.m. USA — Men’s & Women’s 3x3 Basket- , of the United ball (Semifinals) States, watches gymnasts per- 8:10 a.m. form at the 2020 Summer USA — 3x3 Basketball (Bronze & Olympics. Gold Medal Games) (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) BEACH 8 p.m. USA — Women’s (Pool D): U.S. Vs. Kenya BMX RACING By WILL GRAVES instead did just 1 1/2 twists with a 9:25 p.m. AP Sports Writer big leap forward after landing. She CNBC — Men’s and Women’s (Quar- imone Biles arrived in sat down and talked to U.S. team terfinals) as the star of the U.S. Olym- doctor Marcia Faustin, then head- CANOEING pic movement and perhaps ed to the back while the rest of the 3 a.m. Sthe Games themselves. She con- Americans moved on to uneven USA — Women’s Canoeing (Slalom Qualifying) vinced herself she was prepared for bars without her. When Biles returned several 2:10 a.m. (Thursday) the pressure. That she was ready to USA — Women’s Canoeing (Slalom Final) carry the burden of outsized expec- minutes later, she hugged her team- tations. mates and took off her bar grips. DIVING Only, as the women’s gymnastics And just like that, her night was 8 p.m. over. NBC — Men’s Diving (Synchronized team final approached on Tues- Springboard Finals) day night, something felt off. And “To see her kind of go out like that is very sad because this Olym- FENCING the athlete widely considered the 12:55 a.m. (Thursday) Greatest of All Time in her sport pic Games, I feel like, is kind of United States’ women’s team, from left, Grace McCallum, Jordan hers,” Lee said. CNBC — Women’s Fencing (Team knew it. Foil Semifinal) , Simone Biles, and are introduced prior to the artistic gymnastics So rather than push through the Biles is scheduled to defend her women’s final at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Olympic title in the all-around fi- 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) doubts that crept into her head as NBCSN — Women’s Fencing (Team nal on Thursday. She also qualified she’s done so many times in the Foil Gold And Bronze Medal Games) for all four event finals later in the past, Biles decided enough was podium for the first time since the Biles is the latest in a series of Games. She said she will regroup GOLF enough. She was done. For now. 6:30 p.m. Unified Team won in Barcelona in high-profile athletes, including ten- on Wednesday before deciding The American star withdrew GOLF — Men’s Golf (Round 1) 1992. nis star Naomi Osaka, who have whether to continue. from the competition following one The victory came a day after used their platforms to discuss their Biles’ abrupt absence forced the KAYAKING rotation, opening the door for the 3 a.m. ROC men’s team edged for mental heath struggles. A subject Americans to scramble a bit. The team of Russian athletes to win the top spot in the men’s final. Great that was once taboo has become far USA — Men’s Kayaking (Slalom Quali- finals are a three-up/three-count fying Single Races) gold for the first time in nearly three Britain edged for bronze. more accepted and embraced. format, meaning each country en- decades. “The impossible is possible U.S. Olympic and Paralympic ters three of their four athletes on GOLF , Sunisa Lee and now,” Melnikova said. Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland 6:30 p.m. an apparatus, with all three scores GOLF — Men’s Golf (Round 1) Grace McCallum guided the U.S. Perhaps in more ways than one. applauded Biles for prioritizing her counting. to silver while Biles cheered from In the five years since Biles and “mental wellness over all else” and Chiles stepped in to take Biles’ GYMNASTICS 8 p.m. the sideline in a white sweatsuit, at the U.S. put on a dazzling display offered the organization’s full sup- place on and balance peace with a decision that revealed NBC — Men’s Gymnastics (Individual on their way to gold in Rio de Ja- port. USA Gymnastics women’s beam. The 20-year-old who made All-Around) a shift not only in Biles but perhaps neiro, gymnastics has undergone a program vice-president called Biles’ the team with her steady consisten- the sport she’s redefined. reckoning. The tectonic plates in a act “incredibly selfless.” cy pulled off a solid bars routine ROWING “We also have to focus on our- sport where obedience, discipline Biles posted on social media and drilled her set 8 p.m. selves, because at the end of the day and silence were long considered as Monday that she felt the weight of CNBC — Men’s and Women’s Row- two days after falling twice on the ing (Single, Double Sculls Finals) we’re human, too,” Biles said. “So, important as talent and artistry are the world on her shoulders after an event. we have to protect our mind and moving. uncharacteristically sloppy showing Thanks in part to a little help RUGBY our body, rather than just go out Biles has become an outspoken during qualifying left the Ameri- 4:30 a.m. from ROC — which counted a pair USA — Men’s Rugby (Gold & Bronze there and do what the world wants advocate for athlete’s rights and cans looking up at the ROC on the of falls on beam — the U.S. drew Medal Games) us to do.” the importance of proper mental scoreboard. within striking distance heading to 9 p.m. The Americans — fueled by an health. There was a time, there The tension affected her prac- , the final rotation. USA — Women’s Rugby (Group Play) uneven bars routine by Lee that were many times actually, where tice. It affected her confidence. And Without Biles and her other- 3:30 a.m. (Thursday) not even Biles could match — she felt she wasn’t right and just when she stepped onto the worldly tumbling, the U.S. needed USA — Women’s Rugby (Group Play) drew within eight-tenths of a point powered through because that’s runway, it finally found its way to to be near perfect to close the gap. SOCCER through three rotations. ROC, what people expected of her. her performance, too. It didn’t happen. Chiles stumbled 4 a.m. however, never wavered on floor. Not anymore. And the stand she She was scheduled to do an to the mat at the end of her second NBCSN — Men’s Soccer (Group D): And they erupted when 21-year- took could resonate far beyond the “” vault that requires a pass, and any chance the U.S. had Germany Vs. Ivory Coast old Angelina Melnikova’s score as- color of any medal she may win in roundoff back handspring onto the of chasing down ROC went right 7:30 a.m. sured them of the top spot on the Tokyo. table followed by 2 1/2 twists. Biles along with it. NBCSN — Men’s Soccer (Group A): Vs. Japan SWIMMING OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT 6 a.m. USA — Men’s and Women’s Swim- ming (Qualifying Heats) 8 p.m. NBC — Men’s and Women’s Swim- ming (Finals) 6 a.m. (Thursday) USA — Men’s and Women’s Swim- ming (Heats: 800m Free & More) TABLE TENNIS 11 p.m. USA — Women’s Table Tennis (Semi- final) 2:10 a.m. (Thursday) CNBC — Men’s Table Tennis (Semi- finals) VOLLEYBALL 9:55 a.m. USA — Men’s Volleyball (Group B): Vs. WATER POLO American men, women both win in beach volleyball prelims 1 a.m. (Thursday) USA — Men’s Water Polo (Group A): By JIMMY GOLEN ies left, they can do no worse than a three-way Oscar Schmidt, Alison’s partner for the gold U.S. Vs. Italy AP Sports Writer tie for first, which would be broken during a medal win in Rio in 2016, and his new partner “lucky loser” matchup after the round robin. Evandro beat Morocco. The Polish team of mericans and Alix Kline- Ross, a three-time Olympian who has al- Michal Bryl and Grzegorz Fijalek beat , man have guaranteed themselves at ready won silver and bronze, and first-timer Germany beat the Polish team of Piotr Kantor least one more beach volleyball match A Klineman will play the Dutch team of Sanne and Bartosz Losiak and the Netherlands beat at the Tokyo Olympics. Keizer and Madelein Meppelink on Friday. Argentina. U.S. men Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena Dalhausser and Lucena improved to 1-1 In other women’s matches, the Canadian helped their chances of making the knockout in the round robin by beating Brazil’s Alison, pair of Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilker- round as well. the reigning gold medalist, and Alvaro Filho, son beat Argentina, ’s Wang Xinxin and The U.S. women beat Spain 21-13, 21-16 24-22, 19-21, 15-13. The Americans will meet Xue Chen beat the Netherlands, and the oth- on Tuesday morning for their second straight Argentina on Thursday. er Chinese team of Wang Fan and Xia Xinyi win. With one more game in the preliminar- Elsewhere in the men’s bracket, Bruno beat Brazil’s Agatha and Duda.

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