LeBron James will carry the American flag on behalf of the U.S. delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games on Friday night.
The basketball legend was chosen to be the male flag bearer in a vote among his almost 600 fellow Team USA athletes. James, who is heading to his fourth Olympic Games this week, will become the first male basketball player to carry the Stars and Stripes during the ceremony.
A female flag bearer has also been chosen—their identity will be announced Tuesday. James is just the third American basketball player to be earn the flag-bearing honor, following in the footsteps of Dawn Staley at the 2004 Athens Games and Sue Bird in Tokyo in 2021.
