Olympic national flag carriers standing very tall
All five have enjoyed standout professional basketball careers - four in the NBA, with Jasikevicius seeing his best days playing in Europe.
The five will share another honor Friday night by carrying their respective national flags in the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies.
That includes Kirilenko for Russia, Yao for China, Nowitski for Germany, Ginobili for Argentina and Jasikevicius for Lithuania.
"There will be a lot of tall people in the opening ceremony [carrying flags]," said Kirilenko. "Yao will be the funniest because the other Chinese will look so small behind him."
Track athlete Lopez Lomong, once a child refugee from Sudan who specializes in the 1,500 meters, will carry the U.S. flag, while a pair of tennis stars - Switzerland1s Roger Federer and Chile1s Fernando Gonzalez - will bear their national flags in the ceremonies.
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how about manny pacquiao of the philippines???
Anonymous | Aug. 15, 2008 at 12:42 a.m.
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