Invictus / en Obama, Biden & Prince Harry at the Invictus Games at 麻豆视频 Scarborough /news/obama-biden-prince-harry-invictus-games-u-t-scarborough <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Obama, Biden &amp; Prince Harry at the Invictus Games at 麻豆视频 Scarborough</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-09-29-invictus-utsc-getty.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Z_f71JLO 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2017-09-29-invictus-utsc-getty.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=wKAXpXEV 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2017-09-29-invictus-utsc-getty.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=1jLm00Zd 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2017-09-29-invictus-utsc-getty.jpg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Z_f71JLO" alt> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-09-29T17:20:43-04:00" title="Friday, September 29, 2017 - 17:20" class="datetime">Fri, 09/29/2017 - 17:20</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">Former U.S. president Barack Obama, Prince Harry, former VP Joe Biden and his wife Jill watch wheelchair basketball at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre at 麻豆视频 Scarborough (photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation )</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-reporters field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/authors-reporters/geoffrey-vendeville" hreflang="en">Geoffrey Vendeville</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author-legacy field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Author legacy</div> <div class="field__item">Geoffrey Vendeville</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">麻豆视频 Scarborough</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/invictus" hreflang="en">Invictus</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Athletes and fans at the Invictus Games at the University of Toronto Scarborough on Friday got a royal treat, and then some.</p> <p>Former U.S. president Barack Obama joined Prince Harry, the founder of the Games, at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre to see&nbsp;Team USA take on France in wheelchair basketball.</p> <p>Obama sat in the stands with his former vice-president, Joe Biden, and Biden鈥檚 wife Jill.</p> <p>The 44th U.S. president shared a laugh with the prince, posed for pictures with athletes and shook hands with spectators.</p> <p>He was in town to speak about global citizenship at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at an event organized by the Ottawa-based think tank Canada2020.</p> <p>麻豆视频 Scarborough is also hosting swimming and sitting volleyball at the sports centre, which is co-owned by the university and the city.</p> <p>Prince Harry started the games in 2014 to show how the power of sport can help wounded or ill soldiers and veterans.&nbsp;The eight-day event began&nbsp;on&nbsp;Sept.&nbsp;23, and features 550 competitors from 17 nations in venues across Toronto.</p> <p>鈥淭his is a unique way to support our military and their families,鈥 wrote<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Olympian <strong>Bruce Kidd</strong>, vice-president and&nbsp;principal, 麻豆视频 Scarborough, <a href="http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/aboutus/blog/2017/09/17/undefeated">on his blog</a>. 鈥淪port offers a purpose and a mission that can have a huge impact on how these service members and veterans see life, and how they see themselves.鈥</p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__6234 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/2017-09-29-invictus-obama-utsc-getty.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 528px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Former U.S. president Barack Obama greets members of the public on day seven of the Invictus Games 2017 (photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)</em></p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__6235 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/2017-09-29-obama-harry-invictus-getty.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 568px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Obama and Prince Harry meet with members of the public (photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)</em></p> <p><img alt class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__6236 img__view_mode__media_original attr__format__media_original" src="/sites/default/files/2017-09-29-invictus-harry-obama-getty2.jpg" style="width: 750px; height: 525px; margin: 10px;" typeof="foaf:Image"><br> <em>Obama and Prince Harry speak while watching a game of wheelchair basketball at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre at 麻豆视频 Scarborough&nbsp;(photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation )</em></p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:20:43 +0000 ullahnor 117458 at