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PR Sreejesh performed his final match for India within the bronze medal match vs Spain.© AFP
The Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA) on Friday introduced the nomination of hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh because the joint flagbearer with pistol shooter Manu Bhaker on the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games. IOA president PT Usha stated Sreejesh was each an emotional and fashionable selection inside the IOA management, together with the Chef de Mission Gagan Narang, and your entire Indian contingent. “Sreejesh has served Indian hockey particularly and Indian sport generally admirably via greater than twenty years,” she stated.
PT Usha stated she had spoken with javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who claimed his second successive Olympic Video games medal by profitable silver on Thursday.
“I spoke with Neeraj Chopra and respect the spontaneity and beauty with which he agreed that Sreejesh must be the flagbearer on the closing ceremony,” she stated.
“He informed me ‘Ma’am, even in case you had not requested me, I might have urged Sree bhai’s title’. It’s reflective of the immense respect Neeraj has for Sreejesh and his contribution to Indian sport,” she added.
IOA had earlier named Manu Bhaker as the feminine bearer after she turned the primary athlete since India attained independence to win a number of medals in a single Olympic Video games.
Manu received bronze medals within the 10m air pistol ladies’s occasion and the 10m air pistol blended staff (with Sarabjot Singh).
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