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Ralph Rose competing at the 1908 Olympics after not dipping the flag in the opening ceremony. Olympic protocol is that the flag bearer dips their flag to the head of state as part of the parade. It has become tradition that the U.S. flag is not dipped, though the origins of this are surrounded by legend and are widely misreported: [10] [11]
The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted in the official order of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), even though nations appeared in no particular order in the parade of nations, not all of the National Olympic Committees were able to select a flag bearer for the closing ceremony, a games volunteer was represented instead.
The Olympic Charter states that the Olympic flag must "fly for the entire duration of the Olympic Games from a flagpole placed in a prominent position in the main stadium". [33] At most games, the flag has been carried into the stadium by prominent athletes of the host nation. Following the changes made during the 112th IOC Session held in 2001 ...
LeBron James will be one of Team USA's two flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics this Friday.. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Monday that James, who ...
NBA legend LeBron James has been chosen to carry the American flag into the opening ceremony. The 2024 Olympics are […] LeBron James will be Team USA’s male flag bearer at the 2024 Olympic Games
On 4 March 2020, the IOC announced that each team can have the option to allow two flag bearers, one male and one female, in an effort to promote gender equality, after had been trialed in the 1980 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. [1] Below is a list of parading teams and their announced flag bearer(s), in the same order as the parade.
2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; 2010 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations; 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations; 2012 Winter Youth Olympics national flag bearers; 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers; 2014 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations; 2016 Summer Olympics ...
Delray Beach's Coco Gauff will be the women's flag bearer for the United States Olympic Team at the Paris Games that start Thursday. Gauff, 20, will be the youngest U.S. flag bearer in history.