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14 Taekwondoin among flag bearers at historic Opening Ceremony

〈ROKNTV 한국뉴스티브이 채정희 편집국장 By Executive Editor CHAE JEONG-HUI = 14 Taekwondoin among flag bearers at historic Opening Ceremony / Photo provided by WT. 재판매 및 DB 금지〉

〈ROKNTV 한국뉴스티브이〉 채정희 편집국장 By Executive Editor CHAE JEONG-HUI = A total of 14 Taekwondoins from 13 different National Olympic Committees (NOCs) were bestowed the honour of carrying their country’s flags during the iconic athletes’ parade at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The historic Opening Ceremony at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium was without spectators due to COVID-19 safety measures but that did not detract from the sense of emotion and occasion. The strong representation for taekwondo reflected the broad popularity of the sport and how well established it is in many countries around the world.

Among the flagbearers were China’s Olympic and two-time World Champion Shuai Zhao, Cote D’Ivoire’s history-making Olympic Champion Cheick Sallah Cisse, Gabon’s record-breaking Olympic silver medallist Anthony Mylann Obame and Azerbaijan’s former Youth World Champion Farida Azizova. Of course, it would not be at an Olympic Games Opening Ceremony without Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua also marching with the flag.

For the first time at an Opening Ceremony, countries were ordered by Japanese alphabet meaning athletes from countries like Zambia and Zimbabwe no longer had to wait until the very end for their turn. To promote gender equality one male and one female athlete from each NOC were also selected as flag bearers.

The full list of Taekwondoin flag bearers can be found below :

Female

Farida Azizova (Azerbaijan)

Nigora Tursunkulova (Uzbekistan)

Hedaya Wahba (Egypt)

Malia Paseka (Tonga)

Paola Avila Ramirez (Honduras)

Julyana Al-Sadeq (Jordan)

Male

Farzad Mansouri (Afghanistan)

Anthony Mylann Obame (Gabon)

Dejan Georgievski (Macedonia)

Cheick Sallah Cisse (Cote D’Ivoire)

Shuai Zhao (China)

Pita Taufatofua (Tonga)

Abdoul Razak Issoufou Alfaga (Niger)

Seydou Fofana (Mali)

채정희 편집국장

By Executive Editor CHAE JEONG-HUI

ROKNTV 한국뉴스티브이 SINCE 2009

Republic of Korea News Television

E-mail : rokntv@daum.net

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14 Taekwondoin among flag bearers at historic Opening Ceremony

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