Getty Simone Biles warms up on the beam prior to the 2021 GK U.S. Classic.
After the men got things started on Thursday, Simone Biles and the women take center stage at the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships on Friday
Day 1 of the women’s competition (Friday, 8 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on NBC Sports Network, and Day 2 (Sunday, 7 p.m. ET start time) will be on NBC.
If you don’t have cable, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships online for free:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of NBC (live in most markets), NBC Sports Network, Olympic Channel and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space.
AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” NBC (live in most markets) and NBC Sports Network are included in every one, while Olympic Channel is in “Ultimate” and above, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to unlimited hours).
Sling TV
NBC (live in select markets) and NBC Sports Network are included in Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” channel bundle, while Olympic Channel is in the “Sports Extra” add-on. This option doesn’t include a free trial, but it’s the cheapest streaming service with these channels, and you can get your first month for just $10 (Sling Blue) or $21 (Sling Blue + Sports Extra):
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 50 hours of cloud DVR.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of NBC (live in most markets), NBC Sports Network, Olympic Channel and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which you can try out for free with a seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the 2021 US Gymnastics Championships live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
USA Gymnastics Championships 2021 Preview
With the best performers and winners at this event heading to compete at the Olympic Trials on June 24-27 in St. Louis, this year’s pool of 31 female competitors will be loaded with talent.
“It’s really amazing, especially in an Olympic year, to have so many teammates,” top American gymnast Simone Biles said last month.
Set to retire after the Tokyo Olympics last year, the postponement of the games due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed them back to 2021, so Biles put retirement off just a tad longer. After winning five Olympic medals in 2016 (four gold, one bronze) and 25 world championship medals in recent years, (19 gold, three silver, three bronze), Biles seems like the only shoo-in to make the Olympics squad.
The 24-year-old wowed all watching when she nailed the extremely difficult Yurchenko double pike vault at the GK US Classic last month. She was shakier on her floor routine, but that could have had something to do with her not performing at all last year.
“Only a handful of men have done it,” Olympic gold medalist and current NBC Sports analyst Tim Daggett said about Biles’ Yurchenko. “And she does it better than them.”
Biles is the name most will recognize, but there are several other young women worth keeping an eye on here, many of whom are dealing with various injuries and ailments. Thus, things are wide open this year in terms of who could make the trip to Tokyo for the Olympics.
“I feel like at this point it’s anybody’s game,” MyKayla Skinner, alternate on the 2016 Olympic team, said about her competition.
The injury bug has bitten several vying for a spot on the roster, including uneven bar standout Sunisa Lee, whose ankle injury has hindered her training process this spring, and 2017 world champ Morgan Hurd, who has been dealing with a right elbow issue.
“It is kind of nerve-wracking, too, because you don’t know where everybody is at,” Lee said, via AP News. “A bunch of people are injured as well. So it’s kind of hard to tell who the team will be right now. And I think just having a bunch of new seniors come up and just like it is a wider selection and it’s hard to tell because everybody is so good.”
The talent pool is indeed vast, and with 31 competitors, quite crowded. “It is going to be kind of crazy to see how it all plays out,” Skinner added.