Obama Announces Delegation to Olympics Opening Ceremony -- PICTURES

By National Journal Staff

June 22, 2012 | 3:35 p.m.

President Obama on Friday announced the members of the Presidential Delegation to the opening ceremony of the Olympics, which starts July 27 in London. The delegation will be led by first lady Michelle Obama.

Dominique Dawes, former Olympic gold medlist gymnast and cochair of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. (Victoria Will/AP Images)

Summer Sanders, two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for GE/AP Images)

Gabriel Diaz de Leon, former Paralympic medalist in javelin, discus, and shot put. (YouTube/Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame)

U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Louis Susman (second from left). (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Brandi Chastain, two-time Olympic soccer gold medalist. (AP Images for MedImmune)

Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Suns star Grant Hill is a member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Hill is pictured with first lady Michelle Obama and tennis legend Billie Jean King in 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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