Athletes from the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, from left, Sage Kostenberg of Park City, Utah, the Olympic Slopestyle Snowboarding gold medalist; and Mikaela Shifrin of Eagle-Vail, Colo., Olympic women's slalom gold medalis walk from the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2014, to talk to media, before being honored by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)