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Here's when Simone Biles will compete in the Paris Olympics Thursday

Biles and Suni Lee are looking to make history in the women’s gymnastics all-around final.

PARIS, France — Fresh off their gold medal win in the team final, Simone Biles and Suni Lee will look to make history in the women’s gymnastics all-around final on Thursday. 

If either Biles or Lee win on Thursday, they’d be the first woman to earn a second Summer Games all-around gold in 56 years.

Biles would become the oldest women’s all-around champion since 1952. Maria Gorokhovskaya was 30 when she won the gold at the 1952 Helsinki Games.

An American has stood atop the podium in the women's gymnastics all-around final for the past five Olympics. 

Carly Patterson won at the 2004 Athens Games, Nastia Liukin at the 2008 Beijing Games, Gabby Douglas at the 2012 London Games, Biles at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and Lee at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

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The event will mark the first all-around final that will include multiple Olympic champions in Lee and Biles.

Competition begins at 6:15 p.m. local time in Paris (12:15 p.m. ET) at Bercy Arena.

Here's why Jordan Chiles won't participate in Thursday's All-Around competition

An International Gymnastics Federation rule will keep Jordan Chiles out of Thursday's All-Around final at the Paris Olympics, despite posting the fourth-highest overall score during qualifying. 

Chiles' teammates, Biles and Lee, will represent the U.S. in the event, but why not Chiles too?

According to the federation's rules, no more than two gymnasts per country can advance to any individual finals. 

The rule originally dates back to 1973 and it was implemented for the Olympic Games at the request of the International Olympic Committee, the federation confirmed. 

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"We do not have any additional thoughts on the rule. We are proud of Jordan’s performance during qualifications," Rachel Duke, communications coordinator for USA Gymnastics, said via email Tuesday.

It's not the first time that American gymnasts have missed out because of the rule. 

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas were the top two U.S. finishers in qualification, finishing second and third, respectively. 

Teammate Jordyn Wieber – a favorite to win the whole thing – was right behind Douglas in fourth after qualifying. She was left out of the All-Around.

Douglas went on to win the gold.

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