Olympics women’s gymnastics team final: Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast of all time as USA takes gold

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Join TODAY on Wednesday morning to hear from several of the U.S. women's gymnastics team who clinched the team gold medal on Tuesday during the 7 a.m. ET hour of the broadcast!

Team USA's women's gymnastics team told NBC reporter Stephanie Gosk in the moments after their gold medal win that they were thrilled to have fans — and their families — in the stands to watch this time around after the Tokyo Games were limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"This one is so different, I feel like we had so much fun this time, clearly," Suni Lee said. "It was so different, it was nice to be able to look up and see your family in the stands."

Simone Biles also added that there were so many fans in the stands that they had been "nervous we weren’t going to be able to hear our floor music and all of that."

"But we really just embraced the moment and had fun with it," she said.

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In a press conference following her record-breaking Olympic win, Simone Biles revealed that she actually does not keep count of her own wins.

“I don’t keep count; I don’t keep stats,” NBC News reported Biles said. “I just go out here and do what I’m supposed to, and I’m doing what I love and enjoying it.”

“Honestly, I would have had to Google that,” she said when asked about becoming the most decorated American Olympic gymnast of all time.

She added that she doesn't believe she will "truly understand the depth of it until I walk away from the sport.”

Biles hasn't yet said whether she plans to compete in the next Olympic Games in four years. NBC News reports that at 27, Biles is the oldest U.S. Olympic gymnast in 72 years.

We now know the nickname for the U.S. women’s gymnastics team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. At a press conference on July 30 — in a video shared by Kendall Baker of Yahoo Sports — former Olympian Aly Raisman asked the women what they were calling themselves.

“Don’t say it, don’t say it,” the gymnasts — Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera — could be heard coming from the gymnasts, before Biles said, “I’m not going to say it.”

They went on to share the abbreviation of it: “F.A.A.F.O.” which means “f--- around and find out.”

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Former President Barack Obama is also feeling the Team USA pride following the women's gymnastics team's gold medal victory.

"Congrats to the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team for winning gold and to the GOAT @Simone_Biles for becoming the most decorated American gymnast in history!" Obama posted to his X account on Tuesday, quote tweeting the Team USA post from earlier.

In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. women's gymnastics team's big win on Tuesday, fans watching from home couldn't help but notice that Simone Biles and Suni Lee were excitedly planning their victory TikToks.

And now we have a look at them!

Biles shared a video of the team taking a bite out of their gold medals, captioned "TASTE GOLDEN ❤️🇺🇸💙."

"turned on post notifs the second I heard the plans 😭 congratsss girls 🥹🫶," the official TikTok account wrote in the comments.

And Lee shared a video of the team lip-synching to audio from the 2005 Grammys when then-Kanye West (now Ye) won best rap album.

"Everybody want to know what I would do if I didn't win," they mouth over the original audio. "I guess we'll never know."

At the end, they hold up their gold medals and pose with them.

"OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTSSSS 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️," Lee captioned the clip.

Team USA's women's gymnastics has officially been crowned the gold medal winners of the team competition at the Paris Olympics.

Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, and Suni Lee had the honor of standing at the top of the podium to receive their gold medals and listen to the "Star Spangled Banner."

There's a reason why they call her the GOAT. Simone Biles led the U.S. women's gymnastics team to victory and earned her eighth Olympic medal at Tuesday's team final. The achievement made her the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history.

Biles made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, where she won gold in the all-around, team, floor and vault exercises and took home bronze for balance beam.

At the 2020 Tokyo Games, scooped up two more gold medals before withdrawing from the event after being faced with a bout of the twisties.

According to NBC News, Biles now has 38 world and Olympic medals combined.

One day after the U.S. men’s gymnastics team clinched the bronze medal, team members were captured on camera enthusiastically watching Suni Lee perform her masterful floor routine. Among them was Stephen Nedoroscik, the team’s pommel horse expert, who garnered the eye of social media in recent days. Nedoroscik and the rest of his teammates were seen cheering passionately for Lee as she showcased her skills.

Redemption complete! Simone Biles fittingly put the final touches on Team USA's first team gold medal in women's gymnastics since 2016 with her floor exercise routine.

After the heartbreak of the Tokyo Olympics, Biles returned to help the U.S. bring home team gold in Paris, sharing a joyous group hug with her teammates.

She basked in roars of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" after her performance, looking as relieved as she was excited.

"Now that's a comeback," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said.

Italy finished second for its first team medal in women's gymnastics since 1928, while Brazil earned its first team medal in history by taking the bronze.

The U.S. "turned disappointment into dominance," Lerner said.

In one of the biggest moments of her career, Jordan Chiles delivered an electrifying floor exercise routine that had the crowd at Bercy Arena clapping along.

She ended with tears of joy and a roar from the crowd, finishing with a score of 13.966 to put Simone Biles in position to wrap up the gold for Team USA. Like almost every performance by the U.S. today, she improved on her qualifying score of 13.866.

“An absolute monster of a routine for Jordan Chiles,” NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez said. “Quite possibly the best she could’ve done.”

A group of young gymnasts from Chiles' home gym were all dancing along to her routine while watching at the World Champions Centre in Spring, Texas.

Jason Kelce is enjoying retirement.

The former Philadelphia Eagles center, who retired after the last NFL season, was spotted at the arena with his wife Kylie Kelce.

He appeared to be wearing a shirt with U.S. women's rugby player Ilona Maher, according to her Instagram story.

The two shared an earlier interaction where Maher convinced Kelce to be a women's rugby fan.

“I am officially a fan, women’s rugby, Olympics” he said.

“We got Jason Kelce,” Maher said, sparking cheers from others in the room with them.

Based on his outfit, her speech worked, clearly!

Team USA is closing in on the gold after Suni Lee turned in a score of 13.533 in the floor exercise, which is the final event of the competition.

"Oh, that was the best routine she could've done," NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez said.

Lee improved on her 13.100 score in the qualifying round. She performed to music by Lindsey Stirling, the same artist she used for her floor routine at the Tokyo Olympics when she won the all-around gold medal.

She got cheers from country star Keith Urban and his wife, Nicole Kidman, in the crowd.

NBC has two commentators for the team final.

Olympian Laurie Hernandez was part of the Final Five team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016, along with Simone Biles. She took home a gold medal in the team event and a silver in the balance beam.

Rich Lerner is a longtime sports journalist and an anchor for Golf Central.

Team USA is up big and looking to put the finishing touches on their first women's gymnastics team gold medal since 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

They lead second-place Italy by 3.602 points heading into the floor exercise, the last of their four events. Great Britain is in third, 4.967 points behind Team USA.

Simone Biles wobbled and nearly fell but recovered on her beam routine to finish with a solid score of 14.366 to keep Team USA in pole position for the gold.

"Any athlete would’ve fallen after that," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "She was able to save it.”

Hernandez was holding her breath at one point.

"Oh, that scared me," she said.

Biles, who posted a 14.733 on the beam during qualifying, earned a round of applause from retired NFL star Jason Kelce and his wife, Kylie, in the crowd.

The 27-year-old’s personal coach, Cecile Landi, said Biles' calf bothered her for a couple of weeks before the women’s qualification round on July 28, according to NBC News. Landi explained that the pain had subsided for a time up until the qualification round.

Ahead of competing in the event, Biles had her left leg taped during warm-ups for her floor exercise routine. Later, she was seen using her foam roller to massage the area.

Landi said after the qualifying round that there were no concerns about Biles being able to compete in the team finals. A reporter also asked the star gymnast after the qualifying round how she was doing.

“As good as I can be,” she responded, according to CNN.

During qualifying, she turned in a strong routine on the balance beam before appearing to hurt her left leg while warming up for the floor exercise.

Despite the setback, she still posted the highest all-around score (59.566) of any gymnast in the qualifying round and had a top score on the vault (15.8) and floor exercise (14.600).

Biles withdrew from the team competition at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and only participated in the balance beam in the individual rounds after suffering a bout of “the twisties.”

The TODAY co-hosts screamed and hooped inside the arena where the U.S. women's gymnastics team won gold for the women’s gymnastics team final.

Earlier at the event, the duo cheered on with gusto as they watched Suni Lee perform.

Guthrie and Kotb could be seen cheering and roaring with enthusiasm as the gymnast stuck her landing for the uneven bars.

"Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb were ALL OF US watching Suni Lee on bars!" reads an Instagram caption featuring a post of their reaction.

Suni Lee put any fears of Jordan Chiles' fall on the beam snowballing with a sterling beam routine to earn a great score of 14.600.

"Her beam was a bit shaky in qualifications, but here, that was the best she could've done," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "That is exactly what we like to see."

Lee leaped with joy and a beaming smile after sticking her landing and besting her qualifying score of 14.033.

The sisters of the Auburn University star were seen high-fiving and cheering in the crowd after her routine.

Jordan Chiles started her beam routine courting disaster by falling off the beam to the left, but recovered to finish without any other major mistakes for a score of 12.733.

Chiles shook her head as she walked back to the sideline.

NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez was asked if the low score will affect Team USA's chances of gold.

"No," she said. "It just won't. However, of course no one wants a fall to be counted."

Chiles posted a 13.600 on the beam during Sunday's qualifying round.

Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens has made it to Bercy Arena in Paris just in time to cheer on his wife, Simone Biles, and the rest of Team USA.

Owens posted a photo on his Instagram story from inside the venue ahead of today's competition after flying to Paris earlier today. He had an excused absence from the Bears' preseason training camp to come to France to watch Biles compete.

Biles also posted a photo on her Instagram story of Owens on the plane flashing her the peace sign with the caption, “Coming for you baby.”

Owens shared a quick video on Instagram before takeoff, saying he "can't wait to get there."

Biles has been looking forward to having Owens and her family in Paris compared to the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, when spectators were not allowed.

“I think it’s going to be just like Rio, having family there to support whatever we need, but really just having fun, embracing that moment, making those memories,” she said on TODAY on July 17. “I’m excited that I get to do it with my family.”

Minutes before the competition was set to begin, he posted to his story again — this time, a snap of a crowded arena and an empty events space.

"Almost go time," he wrote.

Ahead of the event, he walked into the arena and showed NBC Sports his outfit: A shirt with Biles' name is bold red lettering.

Does heartbreak feel good in a place like this? Ask Nicole Kidman as she watches the women's gymnastics team final. The actor and AMC spokesperson watched with her daughters and husband Keith Urban.

Shyenne and Evionn Lee were spotted cheering for their sister, Olympian Suni Lee, after her uneven bars routine.

Suni Lee has five siblings, and all have ben seen supporting her at events.

Suni Lee persevered through a mistake in the middle of her uneven bars routine on her way to still finish with a solid score of 14.566.

The reigning all-around Olympic gold medalist, who fell on the bars during warmups, briefly tapped her feet on the ground in the middle of her routine.

Lee, who overcame a kidney disease just to qualify for Paris, scored a 14.866 in the uneven bars in the qualifying round on Sunday.

"She shows often that she’s a fighter, and now she’s showing us on the mat," Hernandez said during her routine.

Team USA continues to look great in the early going.

"It's going to be OK for Team USA, nothing to worry about," Hernandez said about the overall quest for gold.

Natalie Portman joins the likes of Serena Williams, Spike Lee and Michael Phelps at the Bercy Arena on July 30, watching nail-biting event after nail-biting event. Here, she's seen clapping ... and maybe letting out an exhale of relief.

While Chiles, 23, performed at the women's gymnastics team finals, her parents, Timothy Chiles and Gina Chiles, were right there for every emotional twist and turn.

In the stands, her parents were spotted doing what NBC Olympic's X account described as the "mom and dad squirm" as she took to the uneven bars.

They were seen wriggling and shifting uneasily as she performed. When she was done, Chiles' father exploded into the air and proudly beat his chest.

After watching her execute her floor routine, Gina could be seen yelling, "Let's go!" before she burst into tears for her daughter.

Chiles' floor routine earned a score of 13.966.

It was a meeting of the Olympics legends. The world’s most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, cheered on Biles from the stands and applauded after she went on uneven bars, clapping enthusiastically.

"He gets it," Rich Lerner said.

"He's one of the few who does," Laurie Hernandez replied. She later said, "I always find it so exciting to watch mind-blowing watch the other."

Jordan Chiles stuck the landing on uneven bars ... and did the same for her makeup look.

Online commentators are admiring the high-stakes intensity of the gymnastics team final, and her eye makeup! Chiles has white eyeliner and deep plum lips.

The crowd is roaring and Team USA is rolling after a smiling Simone Biles finished her uneven bars routine with a score of 14.400.

Laurie Hernandez said on NBC that it wasn't one of Biles' best uneven bars routines, but "for team finals, it is more than enough."

"The gap between her and everyone else is the size of the Grand Canyon," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said.

Jordan Chiles pumped her fists and yelled "Let's go!" after turning in a strong performance on the uneven bars that earned her an excellent score of 14.366, beating the 14.266 that she had in qualifying.

“If I could scream into a pillow right now I would," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "I am so proud of her for getting up there and hitting one of the best routines Jordan Chiles could possibly do here in team finals."

Her routine drew cheers from her parents as well as Natalie Portman, Serena Williams and gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci in the crowd.

As Suni Lee was warming up during the uneven bars, she fell to the ground. Analyst Laurie Hernandez let out a gasp.

"Got to work on those involuntary actions," she said, with a laugh, comparing broadcasting to gymnastics.

Brazilian gymnast Flavia Saraiva went ahead with her uneven bars routine despite a fall on the bars in warmups in which she suffered a cut above her right eye.

"She left to get medical attention, but she is back," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said. "She's tough."

"There is nothing worse than not just falling in warmups but blanking out and having that moment replay in your mind right before competing," analyst Laurie Hernandez said.

Director Spike Lee was seen cheering on Team USA as they entered the arena.

Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee all are doing floor routines at the Olympics today.

Chiles' floor routine is set to a Beyoncé medley, various songs include "Black Parade," "End of Time," "Renaissance" songs “My House" and “Energy,” plus “Lose My Breath” by Destiny’s Child.

Biles' also includes Beyoncé — and Taylor Swift, too. Her set features "...Ready For It?’ and "Delresto (Echoes)" by Travis Scott ft. Beyoncé.

Suni Lee's floor routine is set to "Eye of the Untold Her” by Lindsey Stirling.

Simone Biles continued the early momentum for the U.S. team with a 14.900 in her vault.

"Solid, safe, and cheers," NBC announcer Rich Lerner said on the broadcast.

Vault was the event in which Biles withdrew from the team competition in Tokyo, so she's showing it's a much different story on the "redemption tour" in Paris.

"This was as good as Team USA could kick off the competition for them," analyst Laurie Hernandez said. "I bet gym fans and new fans alike have let out a massive exhale after seeing her do this."

Jade Carey, the third gymnast, took her position at the vault following a sickness. She followed teammate Jordan Chiles.

She had a 14.666 in qualifications, which is "quite a nice score," according to presenter Hernandez. Ahead of her performance, her coach (and dad) Brian Carey looked on.

Her score was 14.800.

Jordan Chiles got Team USA started on vault with a strong score of 14.400, besting her score of 14.333 in the qualifying round.

"Wow, incredible start for Team USA," NBC analyst Laurie Hernandez said on the broadcast after Chiles' vault.

The newest addition to Team USA's star-studded lineup will not be competing today barring an injury to a teammate that requires her to step in.

The 16-year-old from New Jersey, who is the youngest Olympian in any sport on the U.S. team, will not compete after finishing behind Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee in Sunday's qualifying round.

Only three gymnasts can compete in each of the four events for each team in the finals. Every score counts in the finals, compared to the qualifying round, where teams can drop the worst of their four scores.

Rivera competed in uneven bars and balance beam during qualifying, finishing behind three of her teammates in both events. Her 13.9 ranked 20th overall in the uneven bars and her 12.633 on the balance beam ranked 46th.

Rivera still gets a gold medal if the U.S. takes the team title, making her one of the younger gold medalists in the history of the U.S. team.

Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera and Jordan Chiles made their entrance at Bercy Arena in Paris around 12:16 p.m. ET.

Biles, Lee, Rivera and Chiles wore white sweat suits. Carey entered in her sparkly red, white and blue leotard. They immediately began warming up.

Simone Biles had to drop out of the last Olympics due to the "twisties."

The phenomenon happens when a gymnast is in midair and loses their sense of where they are and how they’ll land, raising the risk of serious injury. Biles described it as being “lost in the air" during an April episode of the podcast “Call Her Daddy” with Alex Cooper.

She described the sensation in further detail, likening it to being unable to control a car you drive daily.

“Your mind and your body are at a disconnect. Your body is going to try to do something, and your mind is going to be like, ‘No, you’re not doing this,’” Biles said, adding that in her case, she had no airbags and no seatbelt: “I am my car.”

Biles, who experienced the twisties before the Tokyo Olympics, said the reason for it was likely stress and other psychological factors.

“(The pressure) feels heavy,” she told TODAY’s Hoda Kotb in 2021. “It’s like the weight of the world on your shoulders and I’m very small, so I feel like, at times, it’s very overwhelming, but whenever you get so overwhelmed and have triggers, it’s just like — I have to focus on my mental wellbeing and that’s what I did.”

This Olympics, Biles appears to be unhampered by the twisties, and powered through a calf injury to post the highest all-around score of any gymnast in Sunday's qualifying round.

Read more here.

Another medal of any kind would make Simone Biles the most decorated U.S. Olympic gymnast of all time with eight.

She enters today's competition with four gold medals, two bronze and one silver in her Olympic career, which ties her with former two-time Olympian Shannon Miller at 7 Olympic medals. Biles' four gold medals are already a U.S. record for women's gymnastics.

Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history between world championships and the Olympics with 37 total medals.

The 27-year-old superstar would also be the oldest woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics in U.S. history.

Winning team gold would give her an outside shot at tying former Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina for the Olympic record of nine gold medals.

Biles would have five career gold medals, with potentially four still up for grabs. She has qualified for the individual all-around vault, balance beam and floor exercise events on Thursday.

The U.S. enters as a strong favorite to run away with the team gold medal after besting its closest competitor, Italy, by more than five points in the qualifying round.

However, if contenders like Italy, China and Brazil are neck and neck with Team USA throughout the competition, it could come down to the floor exercise for the U.S. to clinch gold.

Floor exercise is the last of the four events for Team USA after vault, uneven bars and balance beam. Two of the biggest stars in the event, Simone Biles and Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, finished 1-2 in the floor exercise during qualifying, although Biles had a big gap (14.6 compared to 13.9 points) as the top performer.

Team USA's Jade Carey is the defending individual gold medalist in floor exercise from the Tokyo Olympics, but she will not be competing in the event today. She finished 74th in qualifying with a 10.633 after struggling mightily while feeling under the weather.

That means Biles, Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee will be the ones to bring it home in floor exercise. The event is a strength for Chiles, who finished third in qualifying, while Lee took 24th.

The hope is that the loss of Carey in the event doesn't make it a nerve-rattling finish for Team USA. Even with her struggles in the qualifying round, Team USA still built a big enough lead to win handily.

Brazil and Italy each had three gymnasts in the Top 13 in the floor exercise during qualifying.

The term "signature skill" for Simone Biles is not just an expression. She actually has five gymnastics skills named after her and another one pending as she continues to push the boundaries of the sport.

None of them may be more spectacular and gravity-defying than the Biles II on the vault, which will be Biles' first event in today's team finals.

She nailed a Biles II during the qualifying round on Sunday on her way to a 15.8, the highest score on the vault of any gymnast.

The breathtaking maneuver involves a back handspring off the vaulting table into a double pike, which is two rotations of the body in pike position.

She became the first gymnast to ever land that combination in an international competition at the 2023 world championships on her way to winning the all-around title. The skill was dubbed the Biles II and has a maximum 6.4 difficulty rating.

No other gymnast in the world has ever completed one in international competition. The degree of difficulty is so high that even if Biles has points deducted for hopping back on her landing, it doesn't dramatically affect her score.

She also has a Biles II on the floor exercise, which involves two flips and three twists and requires immense power to get her high off the floor.

In case you're wondering, the Biles I is a double layout with a half-turn in the floor exercise. There's also a Biles I on the vault, which is a roundoff with a half-twist onto the vaulting table followed by a front double full somersault off the table.

Panama's Hillary Heron, 20, became the only other gymnast to do a Biles I in the floor exercise at the Olympics when she did it during the qualifying round on Sunday.

The U.S. squad enters as a heavy favorite to win gold. This is the first time in Olympic history that two previous individual all-around Olympic gold medalists enter on the same team, between Suni Lee (2020) and Simone Biles (2016).

Italy finished second behind the U.S. during qualifying, but it was a distant second in gymnastics scoring at more than five points. The Italians have not won a team gymnastics medal in the Olympics since 1928.

Jade Carey said she hasn't been feeling well and Biles appeared to be dealing with a lower left leg injury, and Team USA still dominated qualifying. If they are able to repeat that performance and Carey is feeling better today, the U.S. will be very hard to beat.

China and Brazil are also considered a threat. China last won team gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Brazil has never won a medal in the Olympic team competition, but is led by all-around star Rebeca Andrade.

The team champion from the Tokyo Olympics, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), is not competing in Paris because of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Team USA was the heavy favorite to win in Tokyo before Biles withdrew from the team competition.

China last won team gold at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

The 24-year-old gymnast told Olympics.com that an undisclosed illness led to her falling during the floor exercise, the event that earned her a gold medal in Tokyo.

“I just have not been feeling well the past few days and haven’t been able to eat or anything,” she said.

She continued, “I had, like, no energy today and didn’t really have a sense of what was going on in my head. So, I just kind of wanted people to know that so, they know that there’s actually something wrong.” 

Carey's mom gave an update on TODAY July 28, saying, “She’s doing much better today. Trying to hydrate, get some food in, ready to go.”

Carey won't get a chance to defend her gold in the floor exercise but she did qualify for the women's vault final.

Read more here.

NBC Olympic gymnastics analyst Laurie Hernandez said on TODAY this morning that she heard Team USA's practice yesterday was "completely normal" amid worries about Simone Biles' calf and Jade Carey's health.

Biles appeared to be fighting through a lower left leg injury during Sunday's qualifying, while Carey struggled in her signature event, the floor exercise, and later said she wasn't feeling well. Hernandez, who was part of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Rio de Janeiro, said there shouldn't be concerns heading into today's team finals.

"From what I heard practice yesterday went completely normal, which is exactly what we want to hear," she said. "I know after watching qualifications there was some worries and speculations about Simone’s calf and what’s going on there. But from what we’re hearing, she’s doing OK. She’s going to get out there on the competition floor and do what we know Simone Biles can do best."

Team USA enters as a heavy favorite to win the team title.

"This team is so fierce and has said multiple time and time again they’re going for gold, and I’ll think we’ll see that happen later today," she said.

A key will be getting off to a good start in their first event, the vault. Biles posted the highest score of any gymnast (15.8) in that event in the qualifying round.

"We’re looking for confidence, we’re looking for minimal wobbles, and hopefully no landing deductions," Hernandez said.

Leave it up to Snoop Dogg to break any tension as Team USA women's gymnastics goes for the team gold.

The famously laid back rapper and beloved Olympic commentator had stars Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles busting out dance moves during the qualifying round on Sunday, bringing a whole other vibe than the tension of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

Chiles and Biles caught a glimpse of Snoop dancing in the crowd and couldn't help but groove along with him. Spectators weren't allowed at the Tokyo Olympics, but one spectator in particular has made all the difference in Paris.

“Anybody have any more fun than Snoop? I don’t think so,” announcer Terry Gannon said during the broadcast.

Read more about Snoop's time at the Olympics.

The women's gymnastics qualifying round was among the places to be at the Paris Olympics, so look for plenty of famous faces in the crowd at Bercy Arena today with a gold medal on the line.

Among the attendees in the qualifiers?

Tom Cruise, fresh off his meeting with Hoda Kotb, enthusiastic commentator Snoop Dogg, Lady Gaga of Olympics opening ceremony fame, Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and her children, rocker Nick Jonas, singer John Legend and wife Chrissy Teigen, "Wicked" co-stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, actor couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Nina Dobrev and her Olympian partner Shaun White, and more.

On July 30, the celebrities kept coming in.

Each qualifying country selects three gymnasts to choose to compete in each event. Here's how Team USA is shaking out during this team final.

• Vault: Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Simone Biles
• Bars: Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, Suni Lee
• Beam: Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Simone Biles
• Floor: Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles

All the big names on Team USA will be combining together to try to bring home their first team gold in eight years.

Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Suni Lee, who all competed in the Tokyo Olympics, will be in action.

No more than three gymnasts from the same team can compete in a single event, by Olympic rule. Newcomer Hezly Rivera, 16, who is also eligible to compete in the team final, did not finish in the top three on the team in any event during qualifying.

The pressure is on all of them because no bad scores can be dropped from the overall team score, which is a rule that was instituted at the 2004 Olympics. That means if someone falls or has a disastrous routine, that score will count to the overall score, leaving the door open for another team to win by just having all of their gymnasts perform clean routines.

There are 12 total routines per team (three gymnasts each in four events) in the finals.

Twelve teams competed on Sunday, with the eight highest-scoring teams advancing to today's competition.

Teams competed in vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise, with the scores from each event being added up for a cumulative score. Five gymnasts from each team can compete in the four events in qualifying, with no more than three in a single event.

The three highest scores from each team in each event count toward the team score in qualifying for the team final. Using the vault as an example, the top-three scores by Simone Biles (15.8), Jade Carey (14.666) and Jordan Chiles (14.333) gave Team USA a score of 44.799 in the vault in the team qualifying.

Then the team scores of all four events are added together for a cumulative score.

Team USA finished with the highest qualifying score at 172.296, followed by Italy with 166.861. Qualifying scores do not carry over to the finals.

Here's everything to know about the format.

The top eight women's squads reached the team final after Sunday's qualifying round, led by Team USA.

In addition to the United States, the other qualifiers are Italy, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Great Britain and Romania.

The U.S. team won the qualifying rounds by a large margin of more than five points, but team scores revert to zero for the finals, so nothing from qualifying carries over.

The action gets underway at 12:15 p.m. ET at Bercy Arena in Paris.

The order of events is what's known as the Olympic order, which is vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and then floor exercise.

Team USA and Italy, who qualified No. 1 and No. 2, will start on vault and then progress through the three other events in that order (bars/beam/floor).

China and Brazil will start on the uneven bars, Japan and Canada will start on the balance beam, and Great Britain and Romania will start on the floor exercise. 

The team final will be live on NBC and streamed live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com, the NBC Olympics app and the NBC app.