De Grasse, Charron Named Canada’s 2024 Olympic Flag-Bearers

Gold medal sprinter Andre De Grasse and weightlifting champion Maude Charron will carry the Canadian flag as they lead Team Canada into the opening ceremonies at the Olympic Games in France July 26. Mr. De Grasse, a six-time Olympic medallist from Markham, Ont., and gold medallist Ms. Charron of Rimouski, Que., will carry the flag in a six-kilometre boat procession along the River Seine in Paris, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced July 24. It is the first time in Olympic history that the opening ceremonies will not take place in a stadium. Instead, Mr. De Grasse and Ms. Charron will bear the Canadian flag on a barge that will also hold roughly 100 of Canada’s 316 athletes and 22 alternates....