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Phelps to be US flag bearer
RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 18 gold medals, will carry the US flag in Friday’s opening ceremony. The US Olympic
Published on: Aug 4, 2016, 10:04:16 IST
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with 18 gold medals, will carry the US flag in Friday’s opening ceremony. The US Olympic Committee said on Wednesday that Phelps had been chosen in a vote of fellow team members to lead the delegation into the Maracana Stadium. “For Sydney (in 2000), I just wanted to make the team. For Athens, I wanted to win gold for my country. For Beijing, I wanted to do something nobody else had done. In London, I wanted to make history. And now, I want to walk in the Opening Ceremony, take it all in, represent America in the best possible way and make my family proud,” said Phelps.
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