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What's left on Simone Biles' Olympics schedule after withdrawal from individual all-around final

This time, she could make that GOAT title undeniable.
By Lisa Tolin

Call her the GOAT, call her $imoney, call her the reigning Olympic gold medalist. We know for some of you, there's one reason to watch the Tokyo Olympics: Simone Biles.

Although Biles withdrew from the team and individual all-around finals to focus on her health, she still has several chances to win medals in individual events. Biles qualified for all four event finals: floor exercise, balance beam, uneven bars and vault.

Biles arrived in Tokyo with many thinking she could take five gold medals. She was set to compete in the team final, individual all-around and four event finals. Now she has one silver with Team USA and the chance to compete in four more events.

In Tokyo, she's competing with five other Team USA gymnasts: MyKayla Skinner, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey and Grace McCallum. Carey is taking Biles' place in the all-around competition on Thursday, joining Lee, who also qualified.

In Rio, Biles won five Olympic medals, four of them gold. She said she felt called to return to compete in Tokyo and to be a voice for that younger generation, including fellow abuse survivors.

Simone Biles' Olympics schedule 2021

Here’s a day-by-day look at what's left for Biles in Tokyo.

  • Sunday, August 1: The women compete on vault and uneven bars. Biles qualified for both events and if she is able to compete, would be the favorite in vault. If she performs the Yurchenko double pike vault, it could become the fifth skill named for her.
  • Monday, August 2: The women compete on floor exercise, an event on which Biles is reigning Olympic and World champion.
  • Tuesday, August 3: The women compete on balance beam, an event that gave Biles a bronze in Rio.

What makes Simone Biles the GOAT?

Simone Biles performs moves so difficult it's often said she only competes with herself. She has five different skills named for her. A combined 30 World and Olympic medals make her the most decorated American gymnast of all time. She's frequently called the greatest of all time (GOAT, hence the "goat" on her leotard). Here's what's at stake at the 2021 Olympics:

  • If she wins two more medals, she'll tie Shannon Miller as the most decorated Olympics gymnast of all time. She'll also tie for Olympics and World medals with the second-most decorated gymnast overall, Larisa Latynina.
  • If she wins three, she'll be the most decorated Olympic gymnast, and tie for most decorated overall with Vitaly Scherbo.
  • Four medals? Simone Biles will officially be the most decorated gymnast of all time.

See the full Olympics gymnastics schedule

The following listings are subject to change. See the NBC Olympics Schedule for the most complete daily listings. Streaming coverage of the Games will also be available on the digital platforms of NBCUniversal, including the NBC Sports app and NBCOlympics.com.

Saturday, July 24 - Men's team qualifying competition

  • NBC: 2:45 p.m. - 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
  • Peacock: 6 a.m. - 11 a.m. (LIVE)

Sunday, July 25 - Women's team qualifying competition

  • NBC: 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
  • Peacock: 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. (LIVE)

Monday, July 26 – Men’s team final

  • NBC: 8 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
  • Peacock: 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. (LIVE)

Tuesday, July 27 - Women's team final

  • NBC: 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
  • Peacock: 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. (LIVE)

Wednesday, July 28 – Men’s all-around

  • NBC: 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
  • Peacock: 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. (LIVE)

Thursday, July 29 – Women’s all-around

  • NBC: 8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
  • Peacock: 6 a.m. – 11 a.m. (LIVE)

Sunday, August 1 - Event finals

  • NBC: 10:45 a.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s floor and pommel horse finals
  • NBC: 9 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Women’s vault final
  • NBC: 11 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Women’s uneven bars final
  • Peacock: 4 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s floor exercise, Women’s vault, Men’s pommel horse, Women’s uneven bars (LIVE)

Monday, August 2- Event finals

  • NBC: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Gymnastics - Men's vault and Men's rings finals
  • NBC: 8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Gymnastics - Women's floor final
  • Peacock: 4 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s rings final, Women’s floor exercise, Men’s vault (LIVE)

Tuesday, August 3 - Event finals

  • NBC: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. Gymnastics – Men’s parallel bars final
  • NBC: 8 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Gymnastics – Men’s horizontal bar final, Women’s balance beam final
  • Peacock: 4 a.m. – 11 a.m. Men’s parallel bars, Women’s balance beam, Men’s horizontal bar
Lisa Tolin

Lisa Tolin (she/her) is a contributor to TODAY. Her debut picture book,"How to Be a Rock Star," illustrated by Daniel Duncan, published in 2022. Previously, she was head of special projects for TODAY and supervising health editor for NBC News Digital, and held various roles for The Associated Press, including East Coast lifestyle and entertainment editor.