Nino Schurter is the one Swiss flag bearer
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Nina Christen, winner of two medals in Tokyo three years ago, is the Swiss flag bearer
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Ralph Stöckli, the Swiss "Chef de Mission" and former top curler, announced the flag bearers
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For the first time, the opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium - the parade of all participants will take place on a 6 km long boat route across the Seine
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The 2024 Summer Olympics will open in Paris on Friday evening
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Nino Schurter is the one Swiss flag bearer
Image: Keystone
Nina Christen, winner of two medals in Tokyo three years ago, is the Swiss flag bearer
Image: Keystone
Ralph Stöckli, the Swiss "Chef de Mission" and former top curler, announced the flag bearers
Image: Keystone
For the first time, the opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium - the parade of all participants will take place on a 6 km long boat route across the Seine
Image: Keystone
The 2024 Summer Olympics will open in Paris on Friday evening
Image: Keystone
Shooter Nina Christen and mountain biker Nino Schurter will carry the Swiss flag at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday evening.
Swiss Chef de Mission Ralph Stöckli had no surprises in store on Thursday. 38-year-old Nino Schurter from Graubünden has already won a full set of medals at the Olympics, including gold in Rio in 2016. The 30-year-old Nina Christen from Nidwalden won gold and bronze in Tokyo three years ago.
Schurter is the second mountain biker to carry the Swiss flag after Thomas Frischknecht in Sydney in 2000. There was also one shooter before, August Hollenstein in Rome in 1960.
The opening ceremony on Friday evening in Paris will be a premiere. For the first time, it will not take place in a stadium, but on a river. From 7.30 p.m., the athletes will sail a 6 km route on the Seine in 160 boats. This will allow several hundred thousand spectators to be there live.
However, this will also require a gigantic safety plan, with large-scale closures and traffic restrictions.
