Team GB's flag bearers for Beijing's Winter Olympics' opening ceremony have been revealed.
Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding will share the duties at the famous ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium on Friday.
The opening ceremony will take place on Friday, February 4 despite some events like curling and ice hockey havingalready started.
It will be broadcast in the UK at 12pm GMT on Friday and you will be able to watch it on BBC One with coverage starting at 11.30am.
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Meet the two athletes who will be flying the flag for Team GB at the ceremony.
Who is the Olympic flag bearer Eve Muirhead?
Eve Muirhead, 31, is a Scottish curler who lives in Stirling.
Muirhead won a bronze medal at Sochi 2014 and is the 2013 World Champion.
The Beijing Winter Olympics will be her fourth Olympic games.
Speaking about being selected, the curler said: “To be asked to be one of the flagbearers at the opening ceremony is honestly a dream come true and something I never thought I would do.
“I never thought I’d go to a fourth Olympics either. It’s definitely been a rollercoaster to get here. I feel very honoured and privileged to carry the flag and it will be a memory I’ll never forget.”
We've got our flagbearers! 🇬🇧@evemuirhead and @daveryding will lead Team GB as the Winter Olympics officially gets going.#TeamGB #Beijing2022
— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 3, 2022
Who is the Olympic flag bearer Dave Ryding?
Dave Ryding, 35, is an alpine ski racer who specialises in slalom.
Ryding has competed for Great Britain in three Olympics, seven World Championships, and won the Europa Cup, which would make Beijing his fourth Olympic games also.
Last month, he made history last month in Kitzbuehel as the first British athlete to win an alpine skiing World Cup.
Ryding said he was “beyond proud” to be afforded the joint honour, and is relishing the experience of taking part in his first ceremony given schedules that have ordinarily dictated his late arrival at the Games.
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The 35-year-old is now aiming to make more history in Beijing, and is driven by the desire to win an Olympic medal for his assistant-coach Alain Baxter, who finished in the bronze medal position in Salt Lake City in 2002 before being controversially stripped for his use of a nasal inhaler.
“I still remember watching him win the medal and it ignited something in me, whether it was passion or excitement,” recalled Ryding.
“Whatever I achieve, Alain for me will be above, because that is how you perceive your heroes. If he didn’t do what he did in Salt Lake, who knows if I would have had the drive to do what I did in Kitzbuehel.
“What went on after that was crazily unfortunate and he was proven innocent. If I were to get a medal, the best thing I could do would be to cut it in half and give him half of it.”
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