Tennis participant Coco Gauff has been chosen as the feminine flagbearer for Workforce USA at Friday’s Olympic Video games opening ceremony in Paris.
The 20-year-old Grand Slam winner joins basketball celebrity LeBron James, who was chosen because the male flagbearer on Monday.
Gauff, who gained the 2023 US Open, is competing at her first Olympic Video games.
“I by no means thought in one million years I might have the honour of carrying the American flag for Workforce USA within the opening ceremony,” Gauff stated.
“I couldn’t be extra proud to steer my team-mates with LeBron as we showcase our dedication and keenness on the most important stage there’s.”
Initially of the 12 months, Gauff reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open, and he or she made the fourth spherical of Wimbledon this month.
Serena Williams was the final American to win Olympic gold within the ladies’s singles at London 2012.
Gauff was picked alongside Jessica Pegula as a part of Workforce USA’s ladies’s tennis workforce.
Friday night time’s ceremony shall be held on the River Seine and would be the first opening ceremony in summer time Olympic historical past to be held outdoors the primary stadium.
