Andy Murray handed Team GB flag bearer honour at Rio 2016 Olympics opening ceremony. Andy Murray has been named Great Britain’s flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana Stadium on Friday night. Bradley Wiggins has described winning Olympic Gold in London as the “defining moment” of his glorious career, as Eurosport prepares to relive that famous summer during Return to London 2012. By Michael and Hann GLASGOW (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins had to settle for the silver medal on his return to track cycling as England were beaten by Australia in the Commonwealth Games 4,000 metres team pursuit on Thursday. Ben Ainslie revealed as Team GB flag bearer for closing ceremony 11 August 2012. Fresh off the back of winning his second career Wimbledon title, the Scot has been named as the flag bearer for Team Great Britain at Friday’s Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony. Andy Murray is having a pretty good summer. Brodie named flag bearer for British team at World University Games Commonwealth Games silver medal-winning swimmer Cameron Brodie has spoken of … Sir Chris Hoy, who is looking to add two Olympic golds in London to the four he has previously won, will carry the union flag in Friday’s London 2012 opening ceremony. Murray, who won the men's singles gold at the 2012 games in London, says it will be "an incredible honour" to lead out Team GB. From the Champs-Elysees to the Mall and on to Buckingham Palace. Olympics Rio 2016: Kate Richardson-Walsh named GB flag bearer in closing ceremony Kate Richardson-Walsh, captain of Great Britain's gold medal-winning hockey team, has been named flag bearer … Andy Murray says he was speechless when he was asked to be Team GB's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Andy Murray has been confirmed as … FOUR-TIME Olympic champion Chris Hoy will be Britain's flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the London Games. Nicknamed "Wiggo", he began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to road cycling. Fresh off the back of winning his second career Wimbledon title, the Scot has been named as the flag bearer for Team Great Britain at Friday’s Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony. Chris Hoy Ben Ainslie was the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. Here he poses with his gold medal, holding aloft the British flag, with the pride of winning of his fourth gold medal at three Olympic Games, but his very first on the road. The world of cycling continues to bow before Wiggins. "Our flag bearer at the Rio Olympics has already been determined. Above: Bradley Wiggins rings the bell and begins Danny Boyle's British odyssey, tolling Europe's largest tuned bell at the start of the opening ceremony. Hoy, who will face his first event on Thursday 2 August, in the Men’s Team Sprint, expressed his honour at being selected as flagbearer earlier in the week: “I’m absolutely delighted and honoured to have been voted as the flag bearer for Team GB. Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. Murray, who won a men’s singles gold medal in London 2012, was chosen for the honor by the British Olympic Association from a shortlist of athletes submitted by each sport. London – 1 August 2012: In the space of less than a month, Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France, then became Olympic time trial champion in front of a home crowd. Andy Murray has been named Great Britain's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana Stadium tomorrow night. Andy Murray has been named Great Britain's flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night. Sir Chris Hoy had the honour of carrying the Union Jack and leading Team GB into the Olympic stadium, after Bradley Wiggins tolled the bell on a stunning London 2012 opening ceremony. AP July 23, 2012 11:48pm. Murray, who won a men’s singles gold medal in London 2012, was chosen for the honor by the British Olympic Association from a shortlist of athletes submitted by each sport. The position of Team GB flag bearer at the Rio Olympics is up for grabs after it emerged that the favourite, Sir Bradley Wiggins, has ruled himself out. Murray has beaten off competition from t… Hoy, who said that British Cycling is on a huge high going into the Olympics following Bradley Wiggins' victory in the Tour de France, described winning the vote by fellow athletes as "a huge honour". Modern versions of the story describe how the Stars and Stripes have never been dipped during the parade of nations since 1908 but this is apocryphal. Andy Murray is having a pretty good summer. That was the route Sir Chris Hoy laid out for Bradley Wiggins on Monday. Martin Sheridan is often attributed with the explanation by stating at the time "This flag dips to no earthly king" but no evidence of this can be found. Bradley Wiggins, the four-time Olympic Games gold medallist and 2012 Tour de France general classification winner, heads William Hill‘s list at odds of +250. Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins had been the bookies’ tip to carry the flag but the 29-year-old Scot was thrilled to receive the honour. Andy Murray has been announced as Great Britain's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on Friday night. Bradley Wiggins Women first competed in the modern Olympics in 1900 but only in 'ladylike sports'. Fresh from winning Wimbledon for a second time, Andy Murray has been chosen as Team GB’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics on … Bradley Wiggins 'used drugs to boost performance' in 2012 Tour de France win Wiggins and Team Sky 'strongly refute' the doping claims. The 29-year-old Scot was selected over Sir Bradley Wiggins, who was the bookmakers' favourite to land the honour. Wiggins is a thoroughly likeable individual and one would not begrudge him carrying Great Britain’s flag at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games opening ceremony. Bradley Wiggins won the 2012 Olympic Games men’s cycling time trial on Wednesday to take the fourth Olympic gold of his career. Sir Bradley Wiggins and Nicola Adams are among the leading contenders to be announced as the flag-bearer for the Great Britain team at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. Andy Murray has been named as Great Britain’s flag bearer for Friday’s opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics in favour of the boxer Nicola Adams. Hoy was Great Britain’s flag carrier four years ago in Beijing, where he won gold in the individual and team sprints and the keirin. By Michael Hann GLASGOW (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins had to settle for the silver medal on his return to track cycling as England were beaten by Australia in the Commonwealth Games 4,000 metres team pursuit on Thursday.
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