Chloe's Corner - with the President and the First Lady

Besides the hundreds of fan letters, emails, Facebook comments, text messages, phone calls and voice messages Chloe Sutton has been receiving, it is also clear the President of the U.S. is on her side, especially since he is such a big sports fan and thinks open water swimming is "cool".



The First Lady is also very supportive, as is King James (a la LeBron James) who spent time chatting with the American swimmers as they were waiting for the President and the First Lady.





Chloe and her 10K competitors will be televised on the USA Network and webcast live on NBCOlympics.com at 6:00 pm PT on August 19th (9:00 am Beijing time on August 20th).

Chloe's Corner - with President Bush and the First Lady

Chloe Sutton of the Mission Viejo Nadadores was able to meet with President Bush, the First Lady and President Bush Senior before the Opening Ceremonies. After taking pictures together, Chloe told President Bush that her father was a Colonel in the Air Force. She thanked him for being his Commander-in-Chief. President Bush then told Chloe to tell her father thank you. He asked about her event and when she told him about open water, he said "In the open water? Cool"

Chloe then walked over to the Opening Ceremonies with the U.S. basketball team. She took pictures with Kobe, Chris Paul, and Lebron were the only names she could come up with at the moment. LeBron was especially nice to her.

She watched the Opening Ceremonies and then sat near the top of the National Stadium waiting for the teams to walk in. It was hot and humid as they waited for their turn to march in.

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