Jill Biden brings a dose of normalcy to Olympic Games amid a pandemic
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French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Jill Biden shake hands ahead of the women's first round 3x3 basketball match between the US and France.
By Kate Bennett, CNN
At a very not-normal Olympic Games kick-off, first lady Jill Biden was, outside of the athletes themselves, perhaps the only normal part.
With Covid-19 cases here spiking, more than 11,000 competitors from 206 countries are navigating the games after a year-long postponement, without fans in the stands and under stress-inducing pandemic precautions. However, the first lady spent her two and a half days in Tokyo on a mission to put the concerns over coronavirus in second place and Team USA in first.