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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 1, 2024) – Twelve U.S. volleyball athletes were among the more than 400 2024 Olympians and Paralympians who were honored by President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday in Washington, D.C.
Those attending were Paralympic sitting players Whitney Dosty, Heather Erickson, Katie Holloway Bridge, Nicky Nieves, Sydney Satchell, Emma Schieck and Lora Webster, Olympic beach players Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss, and Olympic indoor players Micha Hancock, Kathryn Plummer Boden and Jordyn Poulter.
Nieves, who served as one of the U.S. flag bearers at the 2024 Paralympic Games, presented President Biden with a special jacket and took a selfie with him as well.
“Thank you for representing the very best of America,” Biden said on the South Lawn. “They see you and they begin to believe in themselves.”
The U.S. Women’s Sitting Team won the Paralympic gold medal in Paris while the Women’s Indoor Team took the Olympic silver. Kloth/Nuss tied for ninth place in the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
The U.S. Women’s Sitting Team will say au revoir to Paris with special souvenirs after winning a third straight Paralympic Games gold medal with a 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-20, 25-22) victory over China on Saturday at North Paris Arena
After another incredible Olympic run, the U.S. Women took home the silver medal after falling to Italy in the gold medal match, 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-17) on the final day of the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
The U.S. beach team of Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss came from behind late in both sets on Monday before falling to Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson of Canada in the Paris Round of 16, 2-0 (21-19, 21-18). Kloth/Nuss posted a 3-1 record in their first Olympic appearance and finished ninth.
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