Olympics-Gymnastics-U.S. and Russia set for showdown in women's final

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Simone Biles and rest of the United States women's gymnastics squad will look to put an uninspired qualification effort in the rearview mirror on Tuesday when they defend their Olympic team title against a resurgent Russia. The United States has won the team event in every Olympics and world championship since 2011 but Russia fired a warning shot at the Americans during Sunday's qualification round when they took top spot in the rankings. Russia, competing at the Tokyo Games as representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) because the country was stripped of its flag and anthem for doping offences, have not won the women's team title since the United Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

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