Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers Road to Milano Cortina 2026

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  Valentina Aščić (Short Track) & Matija Legović (Biathlon)

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13 hours ago, Bearas said:

At first I thought it was an interesting choice considering there could have been multiple choices of Lithuanian-born athletes, but upon reflection she represented Lithuania for a decade now and won continental medal, she was denied Olympics 2 times already due citizenship laws, and she was finally granted citizenship on the grounds of merit and also passing her citizenship exam. She's probably the most recognised olympian by the public in Lithuania this year.

I saw her competing in Europeans few weeks ago in Sheffield and she truly made a lot of effort to greet Lithuanian fans, gave shout outs to the Lithuanian flags while waiting for the judge scores and engaged so much with the fans. So I'm not really mad at the choice, she truly deserves it.

Potential a citizen of five different countries. American by birth, Japanese by parentage, Georgian, Israeli and Lithuanian by naturalization. Although she might have had to give up some of those passports when she switched countries due to rules on dual nationality.

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Moguls duo Matt Graham and Jakara Anthony 

https://www.olympics.com.au/news/aussie-moguls-skiers-to-carry-the-flag/

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 their sole 2 athletes at the games the Capital of Azerbaijan - Moscow born Anastasia Alina Papathoma Paraskevaidou (Alpine Skiing) & Vladimir Litvintsev (Figure Skating)

 

https://www.olympic.az/news/azerbaycan-numayende-heyetinin-xxv-qis-olimpiya-oyunlarina-yollanacagi-tarix-belli-olub

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  Nicole Burger (Skeleton) & Matthew Smith (Cross-Country Skiing)

 

https://www.teamsa.co.za/smith-burger-to-carry-flag-at-opening-ceremony/

 

 

  Eloise KING (Alpine Skiing) and KWOK Tsz Fung (Short Track Speed Skating)

 

https://www.hkolympic.org/archive/press-release/?currentPage=0&id=881

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15 minutes ago, hckošice said:

  Nicole Burger (Skeleton) & Matthew Smith (Cross-Country Skiing)

 

https://www.teamsa.co.za/smith-burger-to-carry-flag-at-opening-ceremony/

 

 

  Eloise KING (Alpine Skiing) and KWOK Tsz Fung (Short Track Speed Skating)

 

https://www.hkolympic.org/archive/press-release/?currentPage=0&id=881

Yeah there is no way it was not going to be Matthew Smith

 

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5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah there is no way it was not going to be Matthew Smith

 

the Mr. influencer  I watched gazzilion of his instagrams last 4 days 

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  both their athletes at the games Alpine Skiers Andrea Loizidou & Yianno Kouyoumdjian confirmed as flag bearers in the longest fb message I read in my entire life

 

 

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14 minutes ago, hckošice said:

the Mr. influencer  I watched gazzilion of his instagrams last 4 days 

He also took on Mika Vermeulen and James Clugnet in their podcast, where they kind of trapped him in the small nations vs relays for big nations discussion, but he held his own very well.

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 Lilah Fear (Figure Skating) and Brad Hall (Bobsleigh)

 

 

https://www.teamgb.com/article/hall-fear-flagbearers-opening-ceremony-milan/2bEn6EbYhVYi5IkAhY5juR