LeBron James Named Flag Bearer For USA In The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

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LeBron James Named Flag Bearer For USA In The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

LeBron James has been chosen to lead American athletes during the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics that will be taking place on July 26th.

James was announced as Team USA’s male flag bearer for Paris 2024 on TODAY onMonday morning.

LeBron becomes the third basketball player and the first men’s player to carry the U.S. flag at the start of an Olympics, joining Dawn Staley for the Athens Games in 2004 and Sue Bird for the Tokyo Games that happened in 2021.

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First-time Olympian Stephen Curry, on behalf of the U.S. men’s team, nominated James for the flagbearer role. He also had this to add in the nomination video:

“We understand how much of an honor it is to be in that position and I think Bron’s entire career, on and off the court, speaks for itself as him being worthy of that honor.”

See the video below:

Here is LeBron’s speech to Team USA directly after receiving the honor:

The U.S. Men’s Olympic team will play their first official game of the 2024 Olympics on Sunday, July 28 in Group C where they will take on Serbia at 11:15 a.m. ET.

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