US Olympic team members visit Obama
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Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Gabby Douglas, left, McKayla Maroney, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had met privately with the team earlier in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Gabby Douglas, left, McKayla Maroney, center, and, Jordyn Wieber, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Aly Raisman, left, and, Kyla Ross, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic gymnastics team, from left, McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif.;, Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich.;, and Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va.; walk in the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, to watch President Barack Obama depart from the South Lawn. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, from left, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross,, Gabby Douglas, and McKayla Maroney, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Gabby Douglas, left, and Aly Raisman, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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CORRECTS IDS AT CENTER AND RIGHT TO ALY RAISMAN AND MCKAYLA MARONEY, NOT MCKAYLA MARONEY AND JORDYN WIEBER - Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Gabby Douglas, left, Aly Raisman, center, and, McKayla Maroney, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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CORRECTS ID AT LEFT TO JORDYN WIEBER, NOT ALY RAISMAN - Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Jordyn Wieber, left, and, Kyla Ross, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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CORRECTS IDS AT LEFT AND CENTER TO ALY RAISMAN AND MCKAYLA MARONEY, NOT MCKAYLA MARONEY AND JORDYN WIEBER - Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic gymnastics team, from left, Aly Raisman, of Needham, Mass.; McKayla Maroney, of Long Beach, Calif.; and Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va.; walk in the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, to watch President Barack Obama depart from the South Lawn. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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CORRECTS IDS AT FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT TO JORDYN WIEBER AND ALY RAISMAN, NOT ALY RAISMAN AND MCKAYLA MARONEY - Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, from left, Jordyn Wieber, Kyla Ross, Gabby Douglas, and Aly Raisman, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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CORRECTS ID AT LEFT TO JORDYN WIEBER, NOT ALY RAISMAN - Members of the 2012 Women's Olympic Gymnastics team, Jordyn Wieber, left, and, Kyla Ross, right, react to the wind gust caused by the Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama aboard, as they watch the departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Obama had meet with the team earlier in private meeting in the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Fierce Five and other members of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team got a personal audience with President Barack Obama on Thursday while on tour in Washington.
The group met with the president in the Oval Office before huddling together in the chill outside to watch his helicopter lift off. Obama was headed to New York to tour storm damage.
The gymnasts missed a White House appearance with the rest of the U.S. Olympic team earlier this year because of their national tour schedule.
The Fierce Five — Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Aly Raisman, and Jordyn Wieber — claimed the gold at this summer's London Games. They signed leotards to give to the president's daughters, Sasha and Malia, during the visit.
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