Sarah Lavin and Shane Lowry reflect on the honour of being appointed Ireland’s flag bearers at today’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics.
Gavin Cooney reports from Paris WORD ON THE identity of Ireland’s flag-bearers for tonight’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics slipped out a little earlier than planned this morning, but Shane Lowry and Sarah Lavin have spent the last few weeks wrestling to keep the news of their respective honours under wraps.
Lowry will represent Ireland in the men’s golf competition from 1 August, while Lavin will run in the women’s 100m hurdles from Wednesday, 7 August. “My parents are the same”, chimed Lowry. “My parents follow me all over the world to do what I do. They’re going to be here next week for the games, they’re not here today. Yeah, obviously incredibly proud, they always are. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of pictures on the wall in the coming days, they won’t even take that long. I’m looking forward to seeing them next week and them watching me out there competing. It’s an incredible thing to happen to anybody and I’m just very happy it’s me.
“I’d give anything to win a medal, that’s what I’m here for and it would just be an unbelievable thing to achieve.”
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