Andy Murray has been announced as Great Britain's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on Friday night. Murray, who won the men's singles gold at the 2012 games in London, says it will be "an incredible honour" to lead out Team GB. Andy Murray says carrying the British flag at Friday's Olympic opening ceremony will be his proudest day but admits his technique needs some work. The British Olympic Association (BOA) is delighted to announce defending Olympic champion Andy Murray has been selected as the Team GB Flagbearer for Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. I love Andy Murray, but that's a disgrace. Andy Murray, who won the Olympic tennis title at Wimbledon four years ago, will carry the British flag at Friday's Opening Ceremony in Rio, the British Olympic Association said on Wednesday. Murray joked Thursday about having had a tad bit of trouble during a photo op for the British team at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, posing with the flag … Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at Friday's Rio 2016 opening ceremony. Rio 2016 saw Great Britain’s Andy Murray become the first player to win back-to-back Olympic singles titles in tennis, a sport that featured on the programme between 1896 and 1924 and had demonstration status from 1968 to 1984 before making a full return to the Games at Seoul 1988. Andy Murray says being chosen to carry the flag at the opening ceremony in Rio is the proudest moment of his career, although he has vowed to get some practice in before Friday night. Murray was selected from a group of athletes who … The 29-year-old Scot was selected over Sir Bradley Wiggins, who was the bookmakers' favourite to land the honour. Andy Murray has described being selected to be team Great Britain’s flag bearer at the Rio Olympics, opening ceremony as the proudest moment of his career. — Jonathan Liew (@jonathanliew) August 3, 2016 Andy Murray says being Great Britain's flag bearer for the Olympics opening ceremony will be the "number one" moment of his career. AWKWARD Andy Murray failed to get off to a flying start as Team GB’s flag-bearer for the Rio Olympics. The Brit, who became a two-time Wimbledon champ last month, claimed he … Of Britain's 26 Summer Olympic flag-bearers, 23 have been men, and all of them have been white. Andy Murray has been named Great Britain's flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night.
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