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Obamas Single Out Maryland Olympians at White House Ceremony
Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Katie O'Donnell and other US Olympians spent Friday with the First Family.
By Chris Leyden, Capital News Service The president, vice president and first lady welcomed this year's summer Olympians and Paralympians to the White House Friday, and gave a special acknowledgment to some of Maryland's most accomplished athletes. President Barack Obama told the couple-hundred athletes honored that he is the, "fan-in-chief," and, despite his late work hours, has "mastered the DVR," which allowed him to keep up with all the teams. The president singled out Bethesda's Katie Ledecky for praise, saying that while she was in London she still had to do her schoolwork. Ledecky, who took home the gold medal in the 800-freestyle swim, is only 15 and a student at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda. "Katie Ledecky …
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