Biles Headlines Greater Houston Athletes In Tokyo Olympics

SPRING, TX — The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are fast approaching, and Montgomery County will have a superstar representative from its own backyard competing for Team USA.

Simone Biles, a Spring native widely considered one of the best gymnasts of all time, will look to add to her five Olympic medals — four gold and one bronze — in the 2020 Olympic Games, which were delayed one year because of the coronavirus pandemic. In her career, Biles has won 30 medals, including 23 gold, representing the United States at the two major international competitions: the Olympics and World Championships.

Biles trains at World Champions Centre in Spring, just north of Highway 99 in Montgomery County.

Biles qualified for the Olympics in the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in late June. The opening ceremony is at 6 a.m. Friday, and Biles begins competition with the women's team competition qualifying at 1 a.m. Sunday. Teams are divided into five subdivisions for qualifying. Team USA is in subdivision 3.

For a complete schedule of Olympics coverage on NBC, click here. In addition to the NBC broadcast, viewers can watch streams of live events on the NBC Sports app or on the NBC Olympics website.

Here is the complete Olympics U.S. women's gymnastics schedule (all times CDT):

Sunday, July 25

Women's qualifying competition subdivision 3 - 1:10 a.m.

Tuesday, July 27

Women's team final - 5:45 a.m.

Thursday, July 29

Women's individual all-around - 5:50 a.m.

Sunday, Aug. 1

Event finals: vault, uneven bars - 3 a.m.

Monday, Aug. 2

Event finals: floor exercise - 3 a.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 3

Event finals: balance beam - 3 a.m.

Here are other Houston-area athletes competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. They are listed with their sport, hometown and high school, if applicable.

Team USA

• Lawson Craddock, cycling, Houston, Cypress Springs
• Kaitlyn Eaton, wheelchair basketball, Houston, Jersey Village
• Ginny Fuchs, boxing, Houston, Bellaire Episcopal
• Brittney Griner, basketball, Houston, Aldine Nimitz
• Simone Manuel, swimming, Sugar Land, Fort Bend Austin
• Tamyra Mensah-Stock, wrestling, Katy, Morton Ranch
• Cat Osterman, softball, Houston, Cypress Springs
• Huijing Wang, table tennis, Sugar Land

Team Mexico

• Tori Vidales, softball, La Porte, La Porte High School