Some 40 Team Belgium athletes will take part in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the River Seine in Paris on Friday evening. The Belgian Olympic Committee (BOIC) announced how many of our country’s athletes will be taking part in the ceremony at at a press conference held at the Lotto Belgium House in Paris on Friday morning.
Athletes will be present from ten sports: basketball, athletics, badminton, boxing, hockey, fencing, judo, jumping, sailing and swimming. They will be accompanied by coaches and staff.
Belgium will be the 20th of the 207 countries taking part in the parade. The Belgian athletes will be in a boat together with delegations from Barbados, Belize, Benin and Bermudas. They will set sail from the Pont d'Austerlitz at around 19h45 and arrive at the Pont d'Iena at around 20h30.
Previously BOIC announced that basketball player Emma Meesseman and show jumper Jérôme Guery will carry the Belgian flag during the parade.