Sitting volleyball player Nicky Nieves and wheelchair basketball player Steve Serio will be Team USA's flag bearers for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
She was also named to the initial roster for the Tokyo Games, then tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the event. The U.S. repeated as Paralympic champion without her.
The women's sitting team in Paris will try to become the first U.S. indoor volleyball team to win three consecutive titles at a Paralympics or an Olympics.Serio, 37, is set to compete in his fifth and what he has said will be his final Games. The returning captain played on gold medal-winning teams in Rio and Tokyo.Proud to have these two represent U.S.
The U.S. flag bearers for the Tokyo Paralympics Opening Ceremony were Paratriathlete Melissa Stockwell and wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki, both of whom made the team for Paris.It will be the first Paralympics Opening Ceremony to ever occur outside of a stadium, taking place along the Champs-Élysées and at the Place de la Concorde.
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