Simone Biles is back and once again the favorite in the all-around, looking to pick up where she left off in Rio after missing the event in Tokyo.
The 27-year-old captured her sixth world title in the discipline last year — tied for most all-time, men's or women's — and clinched a record ninth national all-around title at U.S. championships in June.
Katie Ledecky and the Americans will attempt to upset Australia in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay, but it's a tall task.
Australia has the two fastest swimmers ever at the discipline in Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus, and also won the world title in 2023 by breaking its own world record. The U.S., meanwhile, won the 2022 world title and finished runner-up to the Aussies at 2023 Worlds.
The U.S. has a real shot to make the podium in the men's four after taking silver at last year's world championships and winning World Cup II in May.
The American women also made Final A in the four, but did so by winning the repechage. The podium's a longshot, however they did finish third at World Cup II.
The field will play four rounds through Sunday, and there is no cut, meaning all 60 golfers will progress to the weekend rounds.
Schauffele is the defending Olympic gold medalist. He beat Slovankian Rory Sabbatini by one stroke in Tokyo to become the first American since 1900 to win an Olympic golf title.
The U.S. women's basketball team faces 2023 EuroBasket champion Belgium in its second game of group play after handling Tokyo silver medalist Japan 102-76 on Monday.
Belgium lost to Japan by one in the Tokyo quarterfinals, and gave the U.S. trouble in its opening game of this year's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, losing via buzzer-beater, 81-79.
Lee Kiefer, who successfully defended her individual foil gold in Paris, leads the U.S. women into the team event in what could be her final Olympic competition.
The U.S. has reached the semifinals or better at the last five world championships and is poised to earn its second-ever Olympic medal in this event after a silver at the 2008 Beijing Games.
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