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Para nordic star Mark Arendz was named Canada’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Arendz has won five medals so far at the Games — including a long-coveted biathlon gold and his first cross-country medals — and has a chance to win one more in the 4×2.5-kilometre mixed relay event […]
Thirteen-time Paralympic medallist Brian McKeever will lead Canada into the opening ceremony as flag-bearer at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. “It’s always an honour to represent Canada, and to do it at the Paralympics is why I have kept going with my career,” McKeever said. McKeever owns 10 cross-country golds — along […]
Veteran diver Meaghan Benfeito will carry the Canadian flag into the opening ceremony of April’s Commonwealth Games in Australia. A three-time Olympic bronze medallist from Laval, Que., Benfeito collected a pair of golds at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In August 2016, Benfeito became the third Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the individual 10-metre […]
Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova says she is willing to be the team’s flag-bearer at the Olympics closing ceremony, if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifts its provisional suspension on Russia. Read more “If our national flag is allowed [at the closing ceremony] I’m ready to bear it,” Zagitova told reporters after her tremendous […]
The job of Olympic flag-bearer is often seen as a risky one. While there have been no reported instances of rotator cuff injuries due to overenthusiastic waving, the honour can put additional pressure on the standard-bearing athlete and some were unable to meet those expectations. That being said, seven of the past 10 Canadians to lead their […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of the Canadian Olympic Committee will announce the flag-bearer for the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Tuesday morning. Joining the Prime Minister will be Ken Hehr, minister of sport and persons with disabilities, COC president Tricia Smith and Canada’s chef de mission Isabelle Charest. The announcement […]
A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal. CBC | Sports News
