Tuesday, July 17, 2012

London 2012: The Countdown Series: Updated Flag Bearers!

Seven days left until the first day of the London Olympics! Now that all of the events that I've previewed are all done with, now here are the updated flag bearers for the opening ceremonies next Friday (7.27):

GRE Alexandros Nikokidis (taekwondo)
ALB Romela Begaj (weightlifting)
ALG Abdelhafid Benchabla (boxing)
ANG Antonia Moreira (judo)
ARG Luciana Ayman (hockey)
AUT Markus Rogan (swimming)
BRN Azza al-Qasmi (shooting)
BAN Mahfizur Rahman Sagur (swimming)
BLR Max Mirnyi (tennis)
BEL Tia Hellebaut (athletics)
BOL Claudia Balderrama (athletics)
BRA Rodrigo Pessoa (equestrian)
BUL Tsvetana Pironkova (tennis)
CMR Annabelle Ali (wrestling)
CAN Simon Whitfield (triathlon)
CHI Denisse von Lamoen (archery)
COL Mariana Pajon (cycling)
COK Helema Williams (sailing)
CRC Gabriela Trara (athletics)
CRO Venio Losert (handball)
CUB Mijain Lopez (wrestling)
CZE Petr Koukal (badminton)
DEN Kim Wrane Knudsen (canoeing)
DOM Gabriel Mercedes (taekwondo)
ECU Cesar de Cesare (canoeing)
EGY Hesham Meshbah (judo)
ESA Evelyn Garcia (cycling)
EST Aleksander Tammert (athletics)
FIJ Josatek Naulu (judo)
FRA Laura Flessel Colovic (fencing)
GAB Ruddy Zang Milama (athletics)
GUA Juan Ignacio Maeli (sailing)
HON Ronald Bennett (athletics)
HUN Peter Biros (water polo)
IND Sushil Kumar (wrestling)
IRI Ali Mazaheri (boxing)
ISR Shahar Zubari (sailing)
ITA Valentina Vezzali (fencing)
JPN Saori Yoshida (wrestling)
KAZ Nurmakhan Tiraliyev (wrestling)
KEN David Rudisha (athletics)
KOR Yoon Kyung Shin (handball)
LBA Mohamed Khouaja (athletics)
LIE Stephanie Vogt (tennis)
LTU Virgilius Alekna (athletics)
MAS Pandelela Rinong (diving)
MRI Natacha Rigobert (volleyball)
MEX Maria Espinosa (taekwondo)
MON Angelique Tringuier (swimming)
MGL Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (athletics)
MAR Wiam Dirlam (taekwondo)
MOZ Kurt Couto (athletics)
NED Dorian van Rijsselberghe (sailing)
PAN Irving Saladino (athletics)
PAR Benjamin Hockin (swimming)
PER Gladys Tejeda (athletics)
PHI Hidilyn Diaz (weightlifting)
POL Agnieszka Radwanska (tennis)
POR Telma Monteiro (judo)
PUR Javier Culson (athletics)
QAT Bahiya al-Hamad (shooting)
ROU Horia Tecau (tennis)
RUS Maria Sharapova (tennis)
RWA Adrien Niyonshuti (cycling)
SEN Ndiss Kaba Badji (athletics)
SRB Novak Djokovic (tennis)
SIN Feng Tianwei (table tennis)
SVK Jozef Gonci (shooting)
SLO Peter Kavzer (canoeing)
ESP Rafa Nadal (tennis)
TUN Heykel Megannem (handball)
UKR Roman Gontyuk (judo)
UAE Saeed Bin Maktoum (shooting)
URU Rodolfo Collazo (rowing)
UZB Elshod Rasulov (boxing)
VAN Anolyn  Lulu (table tennis)
VEN Fabiola Ramos (table tennis)
VIE Nguyen Tien Nhat (fencing)
ZIM Kirsty Coventry (swimming)

As you see some notables that will fly their respective countries flags during the opening ceremonies, including Coventry, Nadal, Djokovic, Sharapova, Radwanska, Vezzali, Pironkova, and Whitfield.

Great Britain, Sweden, South Africa, Australia, Finland and the United States are among the countries have yet to have a flag bearer as of this posting.

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