Women’s basketball player Miranda Ayim and men’s rugby sevens player Nathan Hirayama have been named Canada’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. They are the first members of a team sport to be chosen to lead Canada’s athletes into a Summer Olympic Games. “I feel so honoured to represent Team Canada and lead Team Canada in the opening ceremony alongside Nate,” Ayim said Monday in a video conference. Hirayama is co-captain of Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team and helped the squad capture two gold medals and a silver at the last three Pan American Games. Canada’s men’s sevens team is making its Olympic debut in Tokyo and starts play Sunday.

Source: thestar July 19, 2021 12:44 UTC