Coco Gauff of the U.S. returns the ball throughout a follow session forward of the tennis competitors, on the 2024 Summer time Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Picture/Manu Fernandez)
PARIS — Most international locations may have two athletes hoisting a big flag within the boats alongside the Seine River for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony Friday.
It’s thought-about an honor to be chosen for the obligation on the Video games, and for years there was only one flag bearer per nation. In a practice that started on the Tokyo Olympics three years in the past, delegations now choose one lady and one man to share the job through the curtain-raiser — though generally, if there’s just one athlete current, that individual will tote the flag alone.
That’s the case this time with six groups. Belize, for instance, may have its flag carried by its lone competitor, 100-meter sprinter Shaun Gill.
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Who’re the flag bearers for the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony?
Here’s a take a look at the flag bearers for a number of the 205 groups scheduled to participate within the opening ceremony:
—Britain: Helen Glover, rowing (two-time gold medalist within the coxless pair) and Tom Daley, diving (Tokyo gold medalist in 10-meter synchronized diving and proprietor of three Olympic bronzes)
—Canada: Maude Charron, weightlifting (Tokyo gold medalist within the 64-kilogram class) and Andre de Grasse, athletics (Tokyo gold medalist at 200 meters)
—China: Ma Lengthy, desk tennis (five-time gold medalist) and Feng Yu, inventive swimming
—Eritrea: Biniam Girmay, biking (first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage) and Christina Rach, swimming (16 years previous)
—France: Melina Robert-Michon, athletics (discus), Florent Manaudou, swimming (London gold medalist within the 50-meter freestyle and three-time Olympic silver medalist)
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—Greece: Antigoni Ntrismpioti, athletics (race walker) and Giannis Antetokounmpo, basketball (two-time NBA MVP, 2021 NBA champion with the Milwaukee Bucks)
—Puerto Rico: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, athletics (Tokyo gold medalist within the 100-meter hurdles) and Sebastian Rivera, wrestling
—Qatar: Shahd Ashraf, athletics (ladies’s 100 meters) and Mutaz Barshim, athletics (Tokyo co-gold medalist within the excessive bounce with Gianmarco Tamberi, who’s one among Italy’s flag bearers)
— Refugee Group: Yahya Al Ghotany, taekwondo (born in Syria) and Cindy Ngamba, boxing (born in Cameroon)
—Ukraine: Elina Svitolina, tennis (Tokyo bronze medalist in ladies’s singles and three-time Grand Slam semifinalist) and Mykhailo Romanchuk, swimmer (Tokyo silver medalist within the 1,500-meter freestyle and bronze medalist within the 800-meter freestyle)
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—United States: Coco Gauff, tennis (U.S. Open singles champion, French Open champion doubles champion) and LeBron James, basketball (four-time NBA MVP, four-time NBA champion, profession scoring chief).
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