Jill Biden has held a digital meet-and-greet with a number of U.S. athletes who will compete on the Tokyo Video games.

The U.S. first woman is in Tokyo to help the athletes and attend the opening ceremony.

She spoke just about with Eddy Alvarez, a baseball participant and brief observe velocity skater, and basketball participant Sue Fowl. Each will likely be flagbearers for the U.S. on the opening ceremony.

She additionally spoke with Allison Schmitt, a four-time Olympic swimmer and psychological well being advocate.

Biden informed the athletes that they’d given up quite a bit to be in Tokyo and relied on help from household and pals.

On Saturday, she’ll dedicate a room within the residence of the U.S. chief of mission to former U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, and his spouse, Irene Hirano Inouye.

She’s going to host a U.S.-vs.-Mexico softball watch celebration on the U.S. Embassy for employees and their households and cheer U.S. athletes competing in a number of occasions earlier than leaving Tokyo.

The Olympics formally kicked off Friday in Tokyo after a year-long delay attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The video games are happening whereas Japan is below a state of emergency amid an increase in circumstances.