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Crew USA introduced Thursday that gold medal winners Katie Ledecky, a swimmer, and Nick Mead, a rower, will carry the flag on the upcoming Closing Ceremony.
Ledecky’s accomplishments on the 2024 Video games have been phenomenal. She received 4 medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze. Each of her golds got here from particular person occasions: the 1500m, wherein she set a Olympic file and completed to this point forward of her rivals that you possibly can see them persevering with to swim within the background as she did her post-race interview; and the 800m, wherein she received her fourth consecutive gold medal.
Oh, there’s extra. Her lifetime Olympic medal depend is 14: 9 golds, 4 silvers and one bronze. She is now probably the most embellished feminine Olympic swimmer of all time, has extra Olympic gold medals than another feminine swimmer in historical past, and tied Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina for probably the most golds for a feminine Olympian ever.
Ledecky was emotional when she was advised by teammate Robert Finke that she had been chosen because the Crew USA flag bearer.
Mead is a two-time Olympian who just lately received his first gold medal within the coxless males’s 4 race. It was Crew USA’s first gold in that occasion in 64 years. Mead was additionally excited to be taught the information, however desires to ensure he is presentable whereas finishing up such an honor on a world broadcast.
“Attempt to characterize rowing as greatest as attainable,” Mead stated of the information by way of at this time.com. “I feel first step: get a haircut.”
Nick Mead made historical past as a member of the primary U.S. males’s 4 rowing staff to win Olympic gold since 1960.
Now, he’ll make much more historical past as the primary rower to guide Crew USA as one among our flag bearers on the Closing Ceremony. 🇺🇸#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/4cBLXz4s6T
— Crew USA (@TeamUSA) August 8, 2024
Ledecky and Mead are the end-of-Video games counterparts to No. 2-ranked tennis participant Coco Gauff and NBA legend LeBron James, who carried the flags on the opening ceremony. Gauff wasn’t in a position to win a medal in any of her three tennis occasions, however James is anticipated to win a gold medal as a part of Crew USA’s stacked males’s basketball roster.
