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2016 Public Papers 1266 - Remarks Honoring the 2016 United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams

Publication Title: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama (2016-2017, Book II)

Notes: Note: The President spoke at 12:50 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to Kimberly S. Rhode, skeet shooter, Briana Rollins, Nia Ali, and Kristi Castlin, hurdlers, and Michael F. Phelps II, swimmer, 2016 U.S. Olympic Team; Queen Quedith Harrison, sprinter and hurdler, 2008 U.S. Olympic Team; Nikki Hamblin, distance runner, New Zealand's 2016 Olympic Team, who was involved in a collision during the women's 5,000-meter qualifying race; Thomas C. Smith and John W. Carlos, sprinters, 1968 U.S. Olympic Team, who raised their clenched fists on the victory podium in solidarity with civil rights activists and liberation movements worldwide; and Vice President Joe Biden.