Michelle Obama Meets Olympians, Shares Memories of the Games
By MARY PILON
Mark Blinch/Reuters
Michelle Obama with members of the U.S. women’s basketball team in London on Friday.
LONDON — Michelle Obama, visiting the Olympics as part of her campaign against childhood obesity, met with members of the United States Olympic team here Friday morning, telling them that she remembered watching the Games on television with her family growing up in Chicago and “cheering at the top of our lungs.”
As part of a tour that includes meetings with dignitaries and appearances at Olympic events, the First Lady was at the U.S.O.C.’s training center based at the University of East London’s Docklands campus. Basketball, fencing, taekwondo, badminton, wrestling and weightlifting athletes are training there and made up most of the crowd at the breakfast.
Among those in attendance were several women’s basketball players, including Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles and Sue Bird, as well as the two-time gold medalist fencer Mariel Zagunis, who will serve as the flag bearer for the U.S. team at Friday’s opening ceremony.
“I’m still so inspired by you all,” Obama said.
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