The COE will announce the flag bearers for the Paris Games on June 26

Alejandro Blancopresident of Spanish Olympic Committeewill announce the Wednesday June 26 at the COE headquarters the name of two Spanish flag bearers for the ceremony opening of the Paris Games on July 26.

For the second time in a row, two athletes will be the flag bearers of each country in the opening ceremony of the Games. A Man and a Woman. At Tokyo 2020 the COE elected the canoeist Saúl Craviotto and swimmer Mireia Belmonte.

For this year, the one with the most options is also canoeist Marcus Cooperalthough there are several options for the flag holder Well, of those who may be so because of their history of results, some give up doing it because they are competing the next day.

Previously, in the most recent Games, the Spanish flag bearers were the tennis players Rafael Nadal (Rio de Janeiro 2016), basketball player Paul Gasol (London 2012), canoeist David Cal (Beijing 2008), judoka Isabel Fernandez (Athens 2004), the water polo player Manel Estiarte (Sidney 2000), the sailor Luis Doreste (Atlanta’96) and the then prince Philip of Bourbon (Barcelona’92).

The first bearer of the Spanish flag in history was, in Antwerp (Belgium) 1920, the athlete Jose Garcia Lorenzanawhich was also followed by the athlete Felix Mendizabal in Paris in 1928.