The upcoming U.S. Classic, set for 18 May in Hartford, Connecticut, will be a star-studded affair with the last three women to win the Olympic all-around gold medals set to compete.
USA Gymnastics announced Monday (6 May) that Sunisa Lee, the Tokyo 2020 winner, Simone Biles, golden at Rio 2016, and Gabby Douglas, the historic London 2012 champion, are all scheduled to take part in the event. It will be the first competition that has featured all three Olympic all-around winners in the same field.
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Previously, Lee and Biles and Lee and Douglas have competed in the same events after having had their Olympic triumphs. All three last competed at the same event at the 2016 U.S. championships where only Douglas had already claimed the Olympic all-around crown.
At the 2016 U.S. nationals, Biles was the champion, Douglas finished fourth and Lee was 10th in the junior competition.
The U.S. Classic will be the first competition for Biles, whose return to the sport in 2023 netted her historic eighth and sixth titles at the U.S. and World Championships, respectively.
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At her first global event since the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Biles helped Team USA to a seventh-consecutive team title before winning all-around, balance beam and floor exercise gold medals. She also claimed the silver on vault.
