Olympic Flagbearer

Just two days to go until the opening ceremony, and we are still almost 30 hours away from finding out which Olympic Athlete will be the official New Zealand flag bearer in Beijing.

The flag bearer holds the high honour of leading the New Zealand Olympic team into Olympic Stadium, and will be announced at 10pm on Thursday night. Previous flag bearers for the last five Games have been Ian Ferguson (Seoul 1988), Mark Todd (Barcelona 1992), Barbara Kendall (Atlanta 1996), Blyth Tait (Sydney 2000) and Beatrice Faumuina (Athens 2004).

While Olympic favourites Rob Waddell, Mark Todd, Barbara Kendall and the Evers-Swindell sisters are some of the likely candidates, online rumors are speculating that Valerie Vili, perhaps our strongest Olympic contender for gold, will show our team the way in Beijing on Friday night.

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