NICKY NIEVES AND STEVE SERIO NAMED TEAM USA FLAG BEARERS FOR PARALYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY
The U.S. flag bearers for the Paris Paralympics Opening Ceremony are sitting volleyball player Nicky Nieves and wheelchair basketball player Steve Serio, each a returning gold medalist. Nieves, 34, was part of the women’s sitting volleyball team that won the Rio Paralympics tournament in 2016.
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.
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