STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 7, 2019 – The U.S. women’s line-up for the women’s team final at the 2019 World Championships on Oct. 8 at 2:30 p.m. local time in Stuttgart, Germany, is finalized. The USA earned the highest qualification team score, and the U.S. women are seeking their fifth consecutive and seventh overall team title. U.S.-based fans can watch the finals live at 8:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN and online.
The five women on the U.S. Team are: Simone Biles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre; Jade Carey of Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays, Biles; Kara Eaker of Grain Valley, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express; Sunisa Lee of St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center; and Grace McCallum of Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters. MyKayla Skinner of Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics, is the alternate.
The women’s line for the team finals is below.
Vault: McCallum, Carey, Biles
Uneven bars: McCallum, Biles, Lee
Balance beam: Eaker, Lee, Biles
Floor exercise: Lee, Carey, Biles
The finals schedule is: Oct. 8, women’s team, 2:30 p.m.; Oct. 9, men’s team, 1:45 p.m.; Oct. 10, women’s all-around, 4 p.m.; Oct. 11, men’s all-around; Oct. 12, event finals (men – floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings; women – vault, uneven bars), 4 p.m.; and Oct. 13, event finals (men – vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar; women – balance beam, floor exercise), 1 p.m. All times are local to Stuttgart. The entire TV and online coverage schedule is available at usagymworlds.com.
All coverage by NBC, NBCSN and the Olympic Channel is available only in the United States. The TV and online coverage, as of Sept. 26, is below. NBC’s gymnastics commentating team of Tim Daggett, Terry Gannon, Nastia Liukin and Andrea Joyce will provide commentary for all finals sessions.