Quebec athlete named one of Canada's 2024 Olympic flag bearer
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Maude Charron will carry the Canadian flag during Friday's Olympic opening ceremony in Paris. The athlete from Rimouski will also be defending her Olympic gold medal in weightlifting.
Maude Charron will carry the Canadian flag during Friday's Olympic opening ceremony in Paris. The athlete from Rimouski will also be defending her Olympic gold medal in weightlifting.
"It's such a great honour. I don't know enough words in English to describe how I'm feeling," Charron said in an interview.
Although her gold medal win in Tokyo was a major achievement, Charron says the pandemic restrictions took away from the experience. She says she's looking forward to doing it right this time around.
"It was such a different experience. And now, I'm not even there, and I feel like Tokyo is so, so different. And I see how Paris will be huge," the weightlifter said.
Sprinter Andre De Grasse is the second flag bearer.
"She was one of the better stories we had for Quebecers over there," RDS sports reporter Raphael Guillemette said.
"And she's coming back to fight for that title again. So being named flagbearer is the greatest of news. But I think it's only the beginning for what could be historic Olympics for her."
