The event promised to be massive. He didn't disappoint anyone. For the first time, the same ceremony brought together the American delegations from the Summer and Winter Games at the White House. President Joe Biden received with great fanfare, Wednesday May 4, no less than 600 members of Team USA from the last two editions of the Games, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022. Traditionally, the Olympic and Paralympic teams go to the White House shortly after the end of the Paralympic Games. But the rule was shaken up this year due to the postponement of the Tokyo Games and the succession of the two events in just a few months. “ You've been through so much, Joe Biden suggested in a speech on the South Lawn. We learned how big, diverse and talented this nation is. There is no giving up in America. You are the epitome of it. » The American president told the audience that the two Olympic and Paralympic events had brought home more than 260 medals. “ Thanks for letting me hold these medalshe said. It made me feel important for a second“. During the same ceremony, Joe Biden asked one of the figures of American Olympic sport, Elana Meyers Taylor, five-time bobsleigh medalist, to address the athletes in turn. “ We've been through a lotshe explained. A pandemic. A report. A war. But this team is resilient. We came together, we persevered, and we hope we made this country proud"
