Bidens to host 2020 US Olympic Team at White House


PTI | Washington DC | Updated: 03-05-2022 06:22 IST | Created: 03-05-2022 06:22 IST
Bidens to host 2020 US Olympic Team at White House
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President Joe Biden plans to host the 2020 US Olympic Team at the White House on Wednesday, staging a much-delayed, in-person celebration for participants of the Japan Games — which were themselves pushed back a year by the coronavirus.

The president and first lady Jill Biden will host the Olympians on the South Lawn, the White House said.

Jill Biden made her first solo overseas trip as first lady by travelling to Tokyo to attend the 2020 Olympics in July 2021 — though access remained restricted because of the pandemic.

Last summer, the Bidens hosted a virtual celebration for Team USA from the Tokyo Olympics from their home in Delaware. The president said then that he'd like to host the team at the White House in the future.

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