Last month, Canal 13 and the Chilean Olympic Comittee (COCh) made a contest to select the Chilean flag bearer. The winner was Fernando González, winner of the gold medal in doubles men tennis and bronze medallist in singles in Athens 2004, runner-up of the 2007 Australian Grand Slam. Currently, he is 15th in the ATP rank, and his best position was the 3rd in 2007.
The results of the contest was:
Fernando González (tennis): 56,76%
Natalia Ducó (athletics): 27,81%
Nicolás Massú (tennis): 6,02%
Soraya Jadue (rowing): 5,8%
Kristel Köbrich (swimming): 3,61%
Yesterday, in a ceremony at La Moneda Palace, President Michelle Bachelet give the official flag to the Chilean delegation leaded by Neven Ilic, President of the COCh.