Biden and First Lady Jill Biden spoke with Team USA on a Zoom call on Saturday night ahead of the closing ceremony
. “And you gave an example to everybody. And guess what, by the way, you got back up on that damned beam.
”Biden also talked to sprinter Isaiah Jewett, who was part ofJewett was in third in a qualifying heat of the men’s 800-meter semifinal when he and Botswana’s Nigel Amos collapsed to the ground after colliding. The two stayed down as the rest of the field pushed forward and finished the race.
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