![]() The Games were the most expensive ever, with total spending of over $20 billion. It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. However, the event retained the Tokyo 2020 branding for marketing purposes. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed to 2021 on 24 March 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. India's Neeraj Chopra celebrates on the podium during the victory ceremony for winning gold in the men's javelin throw event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 7.The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and also known as Tokyo 2020, was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021. “We'll set a date, and I'd love to have you all come to the White House, if you're willing to do that, so the nation can see, and I can brag more on you," he said. ![]() The President also took the opportunity to invite the athletes to visit him in the White House this fall. "They get the impression of who we are as Americans, who we are, and you handle yourself with such grace and such decency. "These are the things people look at around the world, more than anything that I do as your President or other people do in public life," Biden said. After her win, she revealed that her aunt "unexpectedly" died during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I need some help, I need some time.’ And you gave an example to everybody - and guess what, you got back up on that damn beam, and by the way, the thing that frightens me the most is the beam.”īiles won the bronze medal on the balance beam after withdrawing from four individual finals at the Tokyo Olympics. “You had the courage-no, I really mean it, I'm not, I'm not playing, you had the courage to say, ‘I need some help. "Simone Biles, the courage you had to get back up on that beam at the very end and you still won the Bronze, you showed everything about who we are as a people," Biden said. The president also offered high praise for gymnast Simone Biles, who withdrew from the team competition citing her health. "Katie, if you're on here, I realize that you can probably swim a mile quicker than most people can run a mile," he joked. It was your moral courage," he added.īiden offered shout-outs to some of the athletes, including middle-distance runner Isaiah Jewett and swimmer Katie Ledecky who won the 1500-meter and 800-meter freestyle golds in Tokyo and silvers in the 400-meter freestyle and 4x200-meter freestyle relay. You really represented the soul of the country," Biden said. "I know you have a sense of it, but I don't think you'll appreciate until you get home how proud you made America, not just the winning. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden virtually met with members of Team USA in a in a virtual teleconference Saturday, thanking the group of athletes for giving Americans "so much hope.” President Joe Biden speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on August 5.
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