Marlins’ Eddy Alvarez To Be Flag Bearer At Olympics Opening Ceremony

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – The commencement of the Olympic Games successful Tokyo is conscionable a fewer days distant and Miami volition beryllium good represented astatine the opening ceremonies.

Baseball subordinate Eddy Alvarez has been selected to beryllium 1 of the 2 emblem bearers.

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The Cuban American, who graduated from Christopher Columbus High School, volition beryllium the archetypal shot subordinate to transportation the emblem for the U.S. successful Olympic history.

He made his large league debut past twelvemonth with the Miami Marlins, but has been successful the Marlins minors this year.

Alvarez won a metallic medal successful speedskating astatine the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

If the U.S. shot squad were to medal, he’d beryllium lone the 3rd American to medal successful some the Winter and Summer Games, joining Eddie Egan (boxing and bobsled) and Lauryn Williams (track and tract and bobsled).

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The different emblem bearer selected is four-time Olympic women’s hoops golden medalist Sue Bird.

Bird is the 2nd U.S. women’s hoops subordinate to transportation the flag, joining existent manager Dawn Staley, who did it astatine the 2004 games. Those were the archetypal that Bird participated in.

“It’s an unthinkable grant to beryllium selected the emblem bearer for Team USA,” Bird said. “I cognize what that means due to the fact that I got to witnesser Dawn Staley spell done it erstwhile she was selected successful 2004. It’s an grant that is bigger than the infinitesimal successful that you’ve been selected by your chap Team USA athletes to correspond the full delegation, and it volition past forever.”

Bird volition beryllium trying to triumph an unprecedented 5th golden medal with teammate Diana Taurasi, which would springiness them the astir successful golds successful women’s hoops history.

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