world sport anchor patrick snell is standing by here in atlanta. but first we go to blake essig live in tokyo. good to see you. so simone biles poised to compete later this hoyer with t hour with the world watching her latest move. what is the late snes. reporter: in less than one hour, city hone biles will make a dramatic return to olympic competition and she will do it on the balance beam while spectators aren t allowed inside to watch the competition, a handful of people waited for several hours during the hottest part of the day just for the chance to see the great one in person. and for some of these lucky fans, they are actually able to do that. it happened a couple hours ago, city hone biles and team usa gymnastics who are staying at a hotel right across the street instead of the olympic village in order to better control the athletes and their safety given
midair. keir simmons, your reaction to a great day for team usa gymnastics. reporter: yes. i was just looking at the team usa instagram or latest post which says she s back! so that pretty much sums up i think the atmosphere and the excitement about this announcement. the official announcement, hallie, with a little more detail from usa gymnastics saying we are so excited to confirm that you will see two u.s. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow, suni lee and simone biles. can t wait to watch you both. so what a comeback i guess you could say. clearly we don t know how she ll do. everyone will be hoping that she wins a medal and to add to all of her medals. she had so much support from the athletic community and from fans. fans really excited now to see her back and hoda kotb just had
all-around gold medallist suni lee will compete with biles on the team. very exciting. tom llamas is in tokyo with the latest. what can we expect from simone biles tomorrow? i know i ll be watching. reporter: huge news in the world of gymnastics. simone biles is coming back. regardless of how she does, she s taken a big step in a brave way, this as we witness greatness once again. jade carey winning the gold in the floor exercise. celebrating with her coach, who is her father as well. a great story for team usa gymnastics, as we get ready for the balance beam finals, which will include simone biles and suni lee, who won the all-around, a silver in the team finals and a bronze medal from the uneven bars. she has every single medal you can get here in tokyo. all eyes will be on simone