Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers

[Griff88 1,952]

Apparently has selected Noureddine Hadid as a flag bearer, but he is now currently under arrest for deserting the army

 

https://www.cnews.fr/sport/2024-07-14/jo-2024-pourquoi-le-porte-drapeau-du-liban-t-il-ete-emprisonne-1527286

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 minute ago, Griff88 said:

Apparently has selected Noureddine Hadid as a flag bearer, but he is now currently under arrest for deserting the army

 

https://www.cnews.fr/sport/2024-07-14/jo-2024-pourquoi-le-porte-drapeau-du-liban-t-il-ete-emprisonne-1527286

Details, details  

[Federer91 2,793]

If i was a Japanese athlete, i'd be embarrassed that they have chosen a boy from Breaking, given Japan's rich sporting success  But heck, they had Osaka light the fire in 2021, so we already knew their committee aren't the brightest people.  

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

If i was a Japanese athlete, i'd be embarrassed that they have chosen a boy from Breaking, given Japan's rich sporting success  But heck, they had Osaka light the fire in 2021, so we already knew their committee aren't the brightest people.  

If there's a breaking athlete (ok....B-boy or B-girl....) carrying the flag of any country, please let them at least make it cool by doing some sweet moves with the flag

 

I know, not gonna happen, but at least that'd be fun.

[Josh 10,504]

9 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

If i was a Japanese athlete, i'd be embarrassed that they have chosen a boy from Breaking, given Japan's rich sporting success  But heck, they had Osaka light the fire in 2021, so we already knew their committee aren't the brightest people.  

What’s wrong with Osaka lighting the Olympic flame in Tokyo? 

[Biathlonfan 625]

12 minutes ago, Josh said:

What’s wrong with Osaka lighting the Olympic flame in Tokyo? 

 a very big complainer''wah wah the media hates me,i can't handle booing'' typical spoiled athlete.

[Griff88 1,952]

30 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

If i was a Japanese athlete, i'd be embarrassed that they have chosen a boy from Breaking, given Japan's rich sporting success  But heck, they had Osaka light the fire in 2021, so we already knew their committee aren't the brightest people.  

To be fair Narai can be said as a minor level celebrity, he appears in a few Japanese TV commercials which I don't think other athletes in breaking have the same level of recognition among the common folks

Edited July 14 by Griff88

[Federer91 2,793]

54 minutes ago, Josh said:

What’s wrong with Osaka lighting the Olympic flame in Tokyo? 

Japan, with it's sporting legacy and Osaka was the most deserving living athlete they could get? Like there isn't an abundance of legendary athletes, that are much more intertwined with their culture and history, that should have this honor... 

 

This of course, If you'd ignore everything about her persona and her being Japanese only on paper. But they got their Hollywood moment, which just added another bullet point on why  Tokyo were the worst Olympics of the last 40 years.

[Benolympique 2,398]

[rybak 3,217]

 Anita Włodarczyk (athletics) and Przemysław Zamojski (3x3 basketball) will be our flag bearers, it was announced during official reveal of delegation to Paris.