Swim stars Marchand, Ledecky set to be flag-bearers at the closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics

PARIS– Swim stars will be popular amongst the flag-bearers when Olympic professional athletes bid goodbye to the Paris Games in a closing event at France’s nationwide arena on Sunday night.

Léon Marchand has actually been among the greatest stars in Paris with his 4 gold medals and he’s set to bring the French flag into the goodbye event. Katie Ledecky will bring the U.S. flag in addition to rower Nick Mead.

There’s an air of anticipation of over what director Thomas Jolly has actually produced to bring the Games to a close at Stade de France after the grand and extraordinary al fresco opening event on the Seine river.

Athletes entering upon a parade on boats and the event of inclusivity created headings worldwide.

The closing event includes the professional athletes’ parade and the handover of the Olympic flag to the organizers of the 2028 Summertimes Games in Los Angeles.

Organizers stated the event will consist of more than 100 entertainers, acrobats, dancers and circus artists on a substantial phase.

Who are the flag bearers for the 2024 Olympics closing event?

Numerous countries wait till the last day of competitors to verify their flag bearers for the closing event, with 14 medals still to be chosen Sunday. Here is a take a look at a few of those arranged to participate:

— France: Swimming experience Marchand is a family name in France and turning into one beyond, just recently appearing on NBC’s Today Program. The 22-year-old Marchand won all France’s 4 swimming gold medals in the swimming pool as he took the Games by storm. He is set to bring the flag along with mtb gold medalist Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.

— United States: Swimming fantastic Ledecky will leave the Paris Games with gold medals in the females’s 800-meter freestyle and 1,500-meter freestyle, which increased her profession haul to 9 Olympic golds. She will co-carry the U.S. flag with rower Mead, who assisted the U.S. win its very first Olympic gold medal in the guys’s 4 class considering that 1960.

— Australia: Swim star Kaylee McKeown and sailor Matt Wearn will bring Australia’s flag. McKeown won the 100- and the 200-meter backstroke titles to duplicate her task from the Tokyo Games in 2021.

— India: Manu Bhaker and PR Sreejesh will be India’s flag providers. Bhaker ended up being the very first Indian lady to win a medal in shooting, taking a bronze in the 10-meter air handgun. She included another in the combined group occasion. Sreejesh assisted India win another bronze in guys’s field hockey and the 36-year-old goalkeeper is retiring after the Games.

— Italy: Italian couple Rossella Fiamingo and Gregorio Paltrinieri will bring their nationwide flag to bring the Games to close. Fiamingo won a group fencing gold in Paris and Paltrinieri won silver and bronze in the pool.