zekekelso Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez was chosen to carry the Cuban flag. Again: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2016-06/16/content_25729769.htm I'm thinking he held on to the flag since last time. Nobody is willing to try and take it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 The Cuban flag sure been his good luck charm carrying it into the stadium with winning Lopez some gold medals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phandrosis Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Keisuke Ushiro, Asian Games 2014 decathlon gold medalist and Japanese decathlon record holder, will carry the flag in Rio. This time around, Saori Yoshida will be the team captain. http://www.joc.or.jp/sp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7627 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 DOSB will hold a vote on the German flag bearer: several candidates will be nominated (considering the schedule of the athletes), 50 % of the vote will be the Olympic team, 50 % fans, I guess some online voting will be organised. In the past, the decision was taken just a few days before the OC, so still some time for this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Has Been Chosen To Carry The Flag of Egypt Flag Bearer For The Opening Ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 The Australian Olympic Committee has finally chosen its flag bearer well before jetting to Rio down in Sydney as promised. And it's gold medal-winning cyclist Anna Mears in a Sydney ceremony after being handed to the previous OC Aussie flagbearer the recently Lauren Jackson! Meares got emotional about this honor: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-australia/anna-meares-will-be-australias-flag-bearer-at-rio-20160705-gpze8x.html Greece Hellenic Olympic Committee announced its first-ever Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony Greek female flagbearer with Athens 2004 gold medalist sailer Sofia Bekatourou to start the Parade of Nations off hours ago. Decision was unanimous http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2016-07/06/content_38817008.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Guatemala's first ever medalist Erick Barrondo will lead his team with his nation's flag http://www.prensalibre.com/deportes/deporte-nacional/erick-barrondo-sera-el-abanderado-en-rio-2016 Taekwondo's Ruslan Zhaparov wins the honor to carry Kazakhstan's flag in Rio after getting it at Astana from President Nursultan Nazarbayev: http://informburo.kz/novosti/znamya-sbornoy-kazahstana-na-olimpiade-v-rio-ponesyot-ruslan-zhaparov.html Abdelkébir "Bekir" Ouaddar from equestrian will lead Equipe Maroc/Team Morocco with the Moroccan flag http://www.esmtoday.org/contentimages/Abdelkebir-Ouaddar-img01.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oooswald Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Catalina Ponor will be the Romanian flag bearer! First time a athlete from gymnastics will carry the Romanian flag on a OC ceremony. http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/07/06/catalina-ponor-larisa-iordache-olympics-romania-gymnastics-flag-bearer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 We Are Nearly 150 Flag Bearers Left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubebox Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Josimar Calvo (artistic gymnastics) have been named flag bearer of Colombia. Risky choice considering he's going to compete the next day in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Stephanie Au Has Been Chosen As Flag Bearer For Hong Kong, Sergei Martynov Chosen To Carry The Flag of Belarus And Amel Tuka Has Been Chosen To Carry The Bosnian Flag. 172 Flag Bearers Remaining To Be Chosen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Latest days, Chilean flag bearer Erika Olivera - a marathonist - has been reason of intense debates on Chilean media in general... (Written press, radio, TV and Internet) She has conffesed that she was sexually abused by her step father (an Evangelical pastor) for 12 years, since she was 5 to her 17 years old.... She comes from an extreme poor family and she started running as a way to scape from her abussed child life and as a way to scape from her extreme poverty... Intense debate has been tiggered her case about laws of children sexual abuse that centrate in the prescription of those kinds of crimes... Erika ran away from her house when she just turned 18 and never came back. Later, she got a family and has reached many sports achievement (Rio will be her 5th Olympics) She has been considered as an example of strength, her remarkable resilence and the most clear example that sport can take people out from the extreme poverty.... My respects to one of a most well-deserves flag bearer in Chile and the Olympics.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Here's what they look like: Stephanie Au, a former Cal Golden Bears swimmer entering her third Olympics and holder of several HK swimming records, is interestingly enough on the same day she was named HK's flagbearer, part of Hong Kong's 7-person rio 2016 swim team which includes only one male swimmer (Geoffrey Cheah): https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/hong-kong-sending-team-of-seven-to-rio/ http://gbcode.rthk.org.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1272075-20160712.htm Amel Tuka http://ba.n1info.com/a104554/Sport-Klub/Ostali-sportovi/Amel-Tuka-nosi-bh.-zastavu-na-otvorenju-Olimpijskih-igara.html Sergei Martynov Martynov managed to get the flag from his captain Alexander Bogdanovich who previously got it from their President Alexander Lukashenko, who revels in sports himself, during a Belarussian Olympic Team ceremony: http://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-presents-national-flag-to-captain-of-belarus-rio-2016-team-alexander-bogdanovich-92892-2016/ Badminton player Derek Wong was announced as Singapore's Opening Ceremony flag bearer: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/derek-wong-yip-pin-xiu/2943366.html Israel's rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin receives the Israeli flag (link of this story will turn up soon) Jossimar Calvo http://www.rcnradio.com/nacional/jossimar-calvo-llevara-la-bandera-colombia-la-inauguracion-los-juegos/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Thailand Has Also ChoseChosen A Flag Bearer, Badminton Player Ratchanok Intanon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Bolivia Has Chose The Flag Bearer Ángela Castro (Athletics), Rwanda Was Also Chose The Flag Bearer Adrien Niyonshuti (Cycling) And Slovenia Has Chose The Flag Bearer Vasilij Žbogar (Sailing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neneu10 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 The brazilian falg bearer will be selected on Internet http://olimpiadas.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2016/07/17/votacao-na-globo-definira-porta-bandeira-do-brasil-na-abertura-da-rio-2016.htm And the names are Yane Marques (Modern Pentatlon) Robert Scheidt (Sailing) (he was flag bearer in 2008) Serginho (Volleyball) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illustrado Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 http://m.spin.ph/olympics/news/ian-lariba-philippine-flag-bearer-rio-olympics-2016 PhiIippine flag bearer: ian lariba (table tennis) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 With France's flag bearer opportunity, it's gotta be between judoka Teddy Riner and basketball star Tony Parker for it. Could Brazil go for someone not as famous for the honor like Marques or a more familiar one like Seginho and Scheidt? Because that's it might come down to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 I Think Teddy Reiner Will Be France's Flag Bearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Agreed on Riner And here is your Canadian 2016 Olympic flag bearer. Trampolinist Rosie MacLennan, Canada's sole gold medalist from London 2012, got the honor to lead Team Canada with the maple leaf with the help of PM Justin Trudeau at a ceremony in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa today http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/rosie-maclennan-will-canada-olympic-flag-bearer.html http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/canadian-athletes-congratulate-flag-bearer-rosie-maclennan.html https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2016/07/21/rosie-maclennan-named-flag-bearer-for-canadian-team-at-rio-olympics.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio2016man Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 So excited to watch Rosie MacLennan carry the flag and lead team Canada into the opening ceremonies of the Rio Olympics!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Long Jumper Maria Londa (Athletics) will carry the Indonesian flag at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 On 5. Juli 2016 at 0:51 PM, StefanMUC said: DOSB will hold a vote on the German flag bearer: several candidates will be nominated (considering the schedule of the athletes), 50 % of the vote will be the Olympic team, 50 % fans, I guess some online voting will be organised. In the past, the decision was taken just a few days before the OC, so still some time for this. 5 candidates are: Lena Schöneborn (ModPent, Gold Beijing) Moritz Fürste (Field Hockey, Gold Beijing/London) Ingrid Klimke (Equestrian - Eventing, Team Gold Beijing/Lindon, her multiple Gold medalist dad was flag bearer in Seoul) Kristina Vogel (Track Cycling - Teamsprint Gold London) Timo Boll (Table Tennis, Team Silver Beijing, Team Bronze London, former world no.1) While being the only non-Gold winner, Boll is probably the best known, so ge's got an advantage in the public part of the vote. In London, another Hockey player, Natascha Keller, was flag bearer, which probably rules out Fürste. I personally like Schöneborn a lot, let's see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Volleyballer Sergey Tetyukhin named Russia's flag bearer in Rio http://au.eurosport.com/olympic-games/volleyballer-sergey-tetyukhin-named-russia-s-flag-bearer-in-rio_sto5700610/story.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamBlakeUSA Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Teddy Riner To Carry The French Flag At The Opening Ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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