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W2W4: Biles, Phelps, Ledecky top names to watch Tuesday in Rio

The action continues Tuesday at the Rio Olympics. Here are some of the highlights:

Women's team final (live at 3 p.m. ET on NBCOlympics.com, coverage on NBC, 8 p.m. ET): It has been a foregone conclusion for a while now that this was the U.S. women's gold medal to lose. After the team's showing during Day 1 of the event, that feeling still holds true. Led by three-time defending world all-around champion Simone Biles, who is competing in her first Games, the squad's main competition will come from second-place China. Here is the American lineup:

  • Vault: Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles

  • Uneven bars: Biles, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian

  • Balance beam: Raisman, Hernandez, Biles

  • Floor exercise: Hernandez, Raisman, Biles

Finals (9 p.