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France Names Clément Noël and Chloé Trespeuch Olympic Flag Bearers, Cécile Hernandez and Jordan Broisin for Paralympics

A peer vote produced gender-balanced pairs to front a record 161-strong French delegation.

Overview

  • Noël, the 2022 Olympic slalom champion, and Trespeuch will lead France at the Feb. 6 opening ceremony at San Siro in Milan.
  • Hernandez and Broisin will serve as Paralympic flag bearers at the March 15 closing in Cortina and will not attend the March 6 opening in Verona due to the distance from competition sites.
  • Trespeuch becomes the first French Olympic snowboarder selected as a flag bearer.
  • The four were chosen via a secret ballot of athletes after shortlists were published by the CNOSF and CPSF earlier in January.
  • French officials have set an ambition to win about 50% more medals than the 14 earned at Beijing 2022.