Champion skier Laura Peel and star figure skater Brendan Kerry are Australia’s Winter Olympics flagbearers | ErykBagshaw
: Aerial skier Laura Peel and figure skater Brendan Kerry will carry the Australian flag at the Winter Olympic’s opening ceremony in Beijing, leading the team through one of the most challenging Games in recent memory.
Aerial skier Laura Peel and figure skater Brendan Kerry of Team Australia pose with their national flag.“There are so many factors to consider. All of our athletes are incredible,” he said. The opening ceremony will take place in Beijing’s iconic stadium, at a reduced capacity due to COVID restrictions and with controversy swirling around it. Human rights groups have condemned the Games as a propaganda exercise for the Chinese Communist Party, which has been accused of abusing the rights of political and ethnic minorities. The Chinese government has rejected those claims as part of a western push to undermine its growing economic power.
Xi told the International Olympic Committee on Thursday that China would do its best “best to deliver to the world a streamlined, safe and splendid Games”.
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