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After a dominant performance at the qualifying rounds, the women’s gymnastics team is heading into the team final as the heavy favorite. NBC’s Kaylee Hartung reports for "TODAY."

After earning their much-deserved and long-awaited bronze medal yesterday, the U.S. men's team has a few more shots at adding to their collection of hardware.

Tomorrow, Frederick Richard and Paul Juda will compete in the individual all-around final. They finished 10th and 13th respectively at qualifiers.

While neither is at the top of the pack, after an explosive showing in the team final yesterday, Richard could contend for a spot on the podium.

One-hit-wonder Stephen Nedoroscik will show what he's made of at the pommel horse final on Aug. 3. He placed second in the qualifiers and is expected to take home a medal for Team USA.

Olympic dreams came true for Hezly Rivera, 16, before she even got her driver's license. She was selected to join an Olympics team laden with medals and international star power, but being on a stacked squad like the U.S. team has its downsides, too.

Rivera did not make the cut for the team final lineup, where no scores can be dropped. Although she won't compete today, she is still on the competition floor as a backup, in case of disaster, and to cheer on her teammates.

If the team makes the podium, Rivera will also receive a medal for her effort toward the team score in Sunday's qualifying round.

Kaetlyn LiddyKaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

If the U.S. women win a medal today, Simone Biles will officially become the most decorated American gymnast in the history of the Olympic Games.

She is currently tied with "Magnificent Seven" star Shannon Miller at seven Olympic medals. A podium finish today would bring her Olympic medal collection to eight.

Biles is already the most decorated gymnast in history from any country if you include world championship medals in the tally. She currently has 37 world and Olympic medals combined.

Hezly Rivera, 16, can become the youngest gymnast from any country to win Olympic gold since American Kyla Ross in 2012.

Rivera is not in the team's final lineup but competed in prelims and will win a medal if the team finishes top three.

Simone Biles, 27, would be the oldest woman from any country to win Olympic gymnastics gold since 1964, according to the OlyMADMen, which is the database used by the International Olympic Committee.

Aly Raisman is currently the oldest U.S. female gymnast to ever win Olympic gold, when she was 22 in 2016. 

When U.S. Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles was 17, one of her former coaches called her “double head,” because, as she recalled, her “hair was too big.” Someone also questioned whether she was her mother’s daughter because of her darker skin.

Those common occurrences — and an overall lack of diversity within amateur gymnastics — caused Chiles to contemplate leaving the sport she loved.  

“I wanted to be done, because I didn’t think ... the sport wanted me,” Chiles said on NBC’s “My New Favorite Olympian” podcast. “I didn’t think people around me wanted to see this beautiful Black girl in a [leotard] anymore.”

But Chiles chose to persevere. Instead of quitting, she continued embracing her true self and embarked on a journey of empowering women of color.

Read the full story here.

Kaetlyn LiddyKaetlyn Liddy is a newsroom coordinator for NBC News Digital.

The "Perfect 10" still exists in gymnastics, but it is no longer the only metric used to calculate a score. Today’s gymnasts receive scores in two separate categories for each routine: difficulty and execution. The difficulty score is open-ended, while execution is scored out of a 10.00.

The difficulty and execution scores are combined to produce the final number. To optimize their scores, gymnasts perform the most difficult routines they can while minimizing execution deductions.

Learn more about what Olympic judges look for in our gymnastics scoring 101 guide.

You won't see host country France on the mat today.

After Sunday's qualifying round, the French team did not make the cut for the top eight teams that advanced to today's team final. France placed 11th out of 12 teams.

Team USA, in first place after Sunday, will face off against Italy, China, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Great Britain and Romania in a quest to return to the top of the podium today.

The women's team final kicks off at 12:15 p.m. ET. Catch all the action on NBC and Peacock.