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Lopez Lomong carried the flag at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and became the fifth flag bearer to be born outside the United States. [2] As a teenager in war-torn Sudan , Lomong was one of several thousand boys brought to America as a refugee in 2001 . [ 8 ]
During the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the flag bearers for the 205 National Olympic Committee's (NOCs) and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team entered Stade de France. The flags of each country were not necessarily carried by the same flag bearer as in the opening ceremony. Like the opening ceremony, each team had an option ...
Below is a list of parading teams, the boats on which they travelled, and their announced flag bearer(s), in the same order as the parade. This is sortable by team name, flag bearer's name, and flag bearer's sport. The IOC named the final list of flagbearers on 26 July 2024. [4]
Nick Mead has already been part of history at the 2024 Paris Olympics as the United States men's rowing team won gold in the men's four-boat final for the first time in 64 years. Now he will be ...
The 20-year-old tennis champion will reportedly make history as the youngest U.S. opening ceremony flag bearer, breaking the record held by skier Cindy Nelson since 1976.
NBA legend LeBron James has been chosen to carry the American flag into the opening ceremony. The 2024 Olympics are days away, kicking off on Friday, July 26.
The opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States were LeBron James and Coco Gauff. James, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is the first male basketball player to be chosen. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At 20 years of age, Gauff is the youngest American athlete and the first tennis player to be so honored.
LeBron James and Coco Gauff were selected as Team USA flag bearers at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The news was exclusively announced first on the TODAY show.