Gold-medal diver Tom Daley will join Helen Glover in carrying the Union Flag for Team GB at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.
Tom Daley says being given the role of flagbearer for the British team at the Olympics opening ceremony is “one of the greatest honours” of his career. The 30-year-old diving gold-medal winner from Tokyo has been selected on the eve of his fifth Games, alongside rower Helen Glover.
The announcement was made by Team GB’s Chef de Mission Mark England at the team reception at the British Embassy in Paris on Wednesday evening. Daley and Glover will hold the Union Flag aloft aboard one of the spectacular flotilla of boats that will proceed down the River Seine on Friday.
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For an episode of the BBC’s “All About… Olympics” series for Paris 2024, Daley sat down with his former diving idol and mentor Leon Taylor, who he watched on TV winning silver in 10m synchro at Athens 2004.