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27/04/2016
Belfast Boxer Paddy Barnes To Be Team Ireland's Flag Bearer At Opening Ceremony
Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes is to carry the Irish flag at the opening of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, this summer.
Barnes will be the flag bearer to lead Team Ireland's delegation into the Olympic Stadium on 05 August.
Over 50 Irish athletes have already qualified for Rio 2016.
Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Patrick Hickey said: "I am delighted to announce that our hugely talented boxer Paddy Barnes has been selected as Team Ireland's flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony. Paddy already has two Olympic medals to his name, and he's a reigning Commonwealth Games champion. So we have high hopes of him bringing home another medal. More importantly, his commitment to the cause of Irish boxing and Irish sport makes him a role model for aspiring young athletes in Ireland and the natural choice as Ireland's flag bearer."
BArnes said: "I'm delighted to have been asked to carry the Irish flag into the Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony. It's an amazing feeling to represent Ireland at an Olympic Games and I've been lucky enough to experience it twice before already. Going to my third Olympic Games as the flag bearer for Team Ireland now is just an incredible honour. I will be going for gold in Rio in the ring but I will also have the responsibility of helping to build a really positive environment for all Irish athletes. I could not be more excited about the next 100 days."
(CD)
Barnes will be the flag bearer to lead Team Ireland's delegation into the Olympic Stadium on 05 August.
Over 50 Irish athletes have already qualified for Rio 2016.
Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) President Patrick Hickey said: "I am delighted to announce that our hugely talented boxer Paddy Barnes has been selected as Team Ireland's flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony. Paddy already has two Olympic medals to his name, and he's a reigning Commonwealth Games champion. So we have high hopes of him bringing home another medal. More importantly, his commitment to the cause of Irish boxing and Irish sport makes him a role model for aspiring young athletes in Ireland and the natural choice as Ireland's flag bearer."
BArnes said: "I'm delighted to have been asked to carry the Irish flag into the Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony. It's an amazing feeling to represent Ireland at an Olympic Games and I've been lucky enough to experience it twice before already. Going to my third Olympic Games as the flag bearer for Team Ireland now is just an incredible honour. I will be going for gold in Rio in the ring but I will also have the responsibility of helping to build a really positive environment for all Irish athletes. I could not be more excited about the next 100 days."
(CD)
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