Tokyo 2020: How to Watch Simone Biles in Women's Gymnastics Balance Beam Final

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Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel, health, home/interior design and property/real estate. Soo covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively from 2020 to 2022, including several interviews with the chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Soo has reported on various major news events, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U.S. Capitol riots, the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and Canadian elections, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well as Korean films, such as the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Past Lives, and K-pop news, to interviews with the biggest Korean actors, such as Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game and Star Wars, and Korean directors, such as Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Celine Song. Soo is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Before Newsweek, Soo was a travel reporter and commissioning editor for the award-winning travel section of The Daily Telegraph (a leading U.K. national newspaper) for nearly a decade from 2010, reporting on the latest in the travel industry, from travel news, consumer travel and aviation issues to major new openings and emerging destinations. Soo is a graduate of Binghamton University in New York and the journalism school of City University in London, where she earned a Masters in international journalism. You can get in touch with Soo by emailing s.kim@newsweek.com . Follow her on Instagram at @miss.soo.kim or X, formerly Twitter, at @MissSooKim .Languages spoken: English and Korean

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Simone Biles will be competing in the women gymnastics balance beam final on Tuesday following her withdrawal from several other events to focus on her mental health.

USA Gymnastics made the announcement in a tweet Monday, noting: "We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow—Suni Lee AND Simone Biles!! Can't wait to watch you both!"

How to Watch Tokyo 2020 Women's Balance Beam Final

NBCUniversal owns the U.S. media rights to all Olympic Games through 2032 across all platforms.

Viewers can tune into live coverage of the women's balance beam final from 4:50 a.m. ET on August 3, which can be streamed at the NBC Olympics website and via the NBC Sports app. The event will also be replayed in primetime on NBC, according to the NBC Olympics website.

The balance beam final can also be viewed via Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service, which has been providing live coverage of major Olympic events every morning, including women's gymnastics.

In a statement in late June, Peacock said: "Watch Simone Biles and Team USA compete in every single event, live from Tokyo, with expert commentary.

"All of Peacock's Tokyo Olympics programming will be available to stream for free, with [the] exception of USA Men's Basketball live coverage that will be available to Peacock Premium subscribers," the statement said.

Team USA's Simone Biles at Tokyo 2020.
Team USA's Simone Biles pictured at the women's team final on July 27, 2021 at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Peacock is currently available on the following, as outlined by NBCUniversal:

  • Google platforms and devices (including Android and Android TV devices)
  • Roku
  • Apple devices (including iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD)
  • Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices
  • Microsoft's Xbox One family of devices (including Xbox One S and Xbox One X)
  • Sony PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro
  • Samsung Smart TVs
  • VIZIO SmartCastTM TVs
  • LG Smart TVs

NBCUniversal said: "Comcast's eligible Xfinity X1 and Flex customers, as well as eligible Cox Contour customers, enjoy Peacock Premium included with their service at no additional cost."

Simone Biles' Dramatic Return

The latest announcement marks Biles' dramatic return to the Tokyo 2020 Games following her abrupt exit last week from the women's gymnastics team final.

She also withdrew from the individual all-around final last week before pulling out of Sunday's vault and uneven bars finals after opening up about her experience with the twisties—a debilitating occurrence that affects gymnasts' spatial awareness.

The Olympian spoke about how the twisties have impacted her performance via Instagram. "It's never transferred to bars and beam before.

"It strictly likes floor and vault, go figure, the scariest two.

"But this time it's literally on every event, which sucks really bad," she said Friday via Instagram.

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Soo Kim is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. She covers various lifestyle stories, specializing in travel, health, home/interior design and property/real estate. Soo covered the COVID-19 pandemic extensively from 2020 to 2022, including several interviews with the chief medical advisor to the president, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Soo has reported on various major news events, including the Black Lives Matter movement, the U.S. Capitol riots, the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. and Canadian elections, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Soo is also a South Korea expert, covering the latest K-dramas—including the breakout hit Squid Game, which she has covered extensively, including from Seoul, the South Korean capital—as well as Korean films, such as the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Past Lives, and K-pop news, to interviews with the biggest Korean actors, such as Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game and Star Wars, and Korean directors, such as Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Celine Song. Soo is the author of the book How to Live Korean, which is available in 11 languages, and co-author of the book Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu. Before Newsweek, Soo was a travel reporter and commissioning editor for the award-winning travel section of The Daily Telegraph (a leading U.K. national newspaper) for nearly a decade from 2010, reporting on the latest in the travel industry, from travel news, consumer travel and aviation issues to major new openings and emerging destinations. Soo is a graduate of Binghamton University in New York and the journalism school of City University in London, where she earned a Masters in international journalism. You can get in touch with Soo by emailing s.kim@newsweek.com . Follow her on Instagram at @miss.soo.kim or X, formerly Twitter, at @MissSooKim .Languages spoken: English and Korean

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