One year after the Paris Olympics, New Orleans becomes the center of the gymnastics universe Thursday through Sunday, with the Smoothie King Center hosting the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships.

A total of 140 gymnasts are expected to compete in the men’s and women’s senior and junior divisions, vying for individual national championships as well as spots on the U.S. teams for the senior and junior world championships later this year.

The competition starts Thursday with the men’s preliminaries, followed by the women’s prelims Friday. Men’s finals will be Saturday and the women’s finals Sunday. All the senior sessions will be streamed live on Peacock, with the women’s finals on NBC.

In addition, ESPN will telecast an episode of “SportsCenter” from the championships at 5 p.m. Friday

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