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Even before the first play that the Super Bowl between the Tampa Bay Buccaners and Kansas City Chiefs started, there were some emotional moments on the pitch.

Before the anthem, First Lady Jill Biden and US President Joe Biden gave a short video address to the people, in which they called on people to wear masks and take care of each other.

“We can all do our part to save lives.

Wear masks, keep your distance and test yourself.

Go to the vaccination, ”said the President.

Then Biden asked people in the stadium to observe a minute's silence for the corona victims.

This was followed by an emotional video from the NFL, which was accompanied by dramatic music.

Country singers Eric Church (left) and Jazmine Sullivan sang the US anthem

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Country singer Eric Church and soul singer Jazmine Sullivan sang the anthem at Super Bowl LV in a duet.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” ended with a so-called flyover, ie a flight by the US Air Force over the stadium.

Poet pays tribute to Corona heroes

This was followed by a lecture by the young poet Amanda Gorman.

In a video recorded in the stadium, she paid tribute to everyday heroes in the fight against the corona virus.

As an example, she highlighted three people, including a nurse in a hospital in the Super Bowl venue Tampa, who lost her grandmother in the corona pandemic.

"We honor them today because they honor us every day with their performance," she said.

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The 22-year-old Afro-American poet made her second big appearance within a few weeks after her poem at the inauguration of US President Joe Biden.

At that time Gorman performed her poem "The Hill We Climb" - "The Mountain We Climb".

It was about the difficult times that the US has endured and still has to endure, the storming of supporters of the elected US President Donald Trump on the Capitol two weeks ago and hope for the future.

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Gorman was born in Los Angeles in 1998 and won her first poetry award at the age of 16.

Three years later, the US Library of Congress honored her with the title National Youth Poet Laureate, making her unofficially the best young poet in the States.

At that time she was studying sociology at the renowned Harvard University.

Biden looks to Super Bowl 2022 with confidence

This year, the Tampa stadium is only about a third full.

Shortly before the game, US President Joe Biden is hoping that the Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles in 2022 will be a usual mass event and party.

"It is my hope and expectation that we can watch the Super Bowl with a full stadium if we are able to make up for lost time fighting COVID," said Biden.

“The Super Bowl is one of those great American celebrations.

All of these house parties, all of these things that don't happen.

But, God willing, we will be able to celebrate as usual next year. "

The Tampa stadium before the game

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The US television broadcaster CBS, which broadcasts the game, had pre-recorded an interview with Biden, which was broadcast shortly before the start of the game on Sunday.

As announced by the White House, Biden will watch the Super Bowl in his home in the US state of Delaware.

The president left Washington on Friday for Wilmington, Delaware, to spend the weekend there with his family.