The women's gymnastics final lineup included Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey.
in the women's gymnastics team final, despite not stepping foot on the competition floor or performing any moves on Tuesday.after failing to qualify in any of the individual events . It was the first time since 2008 that Team USA had a women's gymnastics member not compete in the team final.
After not qualifying for any individual finals, it brings Rivera's Olympics to an end. In the qualifying round, she was the lowest scorer on the two events she competed, bars and beam.She landed a 13.900 in the uneven bars, good enough to tie for 13th behind China and not too far behind Team USA's Suni Lee and Biles, who both scored above a 14.000 in that event. Rivera earned a 12.633 in beam, coming in at 26th place. Biles and Lee came in second and third behind China's Yaqin Zhou .
She still topped the all-around with the highest scores on floor and vault during the qualifying, and it didn't appear to hamper her efforts in the final on Tuesday. Ultimately, the U.S. women scored 44.100 on vault, 43.332 on uneven bars, 41.699 on beam and a 42.165 on floor en route to the gold medal.
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