Team GB hero Alex Yee in awkward moment at Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony after ‘different kind of pressure’

ALEX YEE almost hit the deck when he walked out as joint-flag bearer for Team GB with Bryony Page for the Olympic closing ceremony.

The gold medal hero was close to disaster as he came close to tripping over while taking in the atmosphere at the Stade de France.

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Yee was walking out when he took a moment to look around the stands, taking his eyes off where he was going.

His momentary lapse saw him come scarlily close to hitting the deck as he tripped over some flooring.

Yee quickly gathered his balance avoiding an awkward moment in front of a packed stadium.

Fans were quick to lightheartedly tease the Team GB star after seeing he was okay.

On social media, one wrote: “Who did the risk assessment?”

While another suggested that carrying the flag was a “different kind of pressure” to competing in the games.

A third joked: “Alex Yee is gonna be laying awake unable to sleep in 2045 because he’s thinking about the time he tripped when carrying the flag at the 2024 closing ceremony.”

And a fourth wrote: “Let’s pretend we didn’t just see Alex Yee trip up carrying our flag.”

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Yee won’t care one bit about his close call with the 26-year-old too busy taking in every moment of the unbelievable honour of bearing Team GB’s flag bearer.

Yee earned the role thanks to winning two medals in Paris this summer.

The Lewisham-born athlete secured bronze in the mixed relay triathlon and won gold during the men’s individual triathlon earlier in the games.

Yee’s golden moment was one of Team GB’s most memorable of the summer, as he pulled off a miraculous comeback to cross the finish line first in a gruelling triathlon.

Flag bearing partner Bryony Page captured the hearts of the nation when she bounced her way to a gold medal in the women’s trampolining gymnastics.

Page, 33, fell to her knees in shock and started crying when her winning score flashed up on the big screens in the arena where Simone Biles had stunned the world of artistic gymnastics the night before.

Yee and Page won just two of a whopping 14 gold medals earned by GB this summer.

While the nation as a whole managed an incredible 65 podium places.

Britain’s 14 gold medals came across 11 different sports with Rowing being our most successful event.

First place finishes in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls, the Women’s Quadruple Sculls and the Men’s Eight event added three gold medals to the tally.

Equestian was the nation’s second most successful sport after Team GB won gold in both the Eventing Team and Jumping Team events.

Elsewhere there were some incredible moments in the athletics for the British athletes.

Some nine events saw the nation bag silver or bronze while Golden Girl Keely Hodgkinson took top prize in the Women’s 800m.

The bikes proved fruitful for Team GB too with the Women’s Team Sprint earning a gold on the track and Thomas Pidcock’s sensational late turnaround in the Men’s Cross-country Mountain Biking helping secure a second cycling gold.

The Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay was Britain’s only gold in the pool, while the final two top spots were earned by Tony Roberts in the Climbing and Nathan Hales in the Trap Men’s Shooting .

Team GB legends of previous games contributed to the total tally with icons such as Tom Daley , Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Peaty all winning silver.

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