Swimmers Snæfríður Sól Jórunnardóttir and Anton Sveinn McKee will carry the Icelandic flag during today’s Opening Ceremony for the 2020 Olympics, RÚV reports. This will be the first time that participating countries will have two flag-bearers, one man and one woman.
Team Iceland is made up of four athletes including Guðni Valur Guðnason, who will compete in discus throw, and Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson, who will compete in 10-metre air pistol shooting. Anton Sveinn will swim in the 200-metre breaststroke, while Snæfríður Sól will swim in two events: the 100- and 200-metre freestyle.
Iceland will be first team to enter the arena after the Team Greece, which always enters first, and the IOC Refugee Olympic team. The procession will proceed according to Japanese alphabetization, making Iceland – which is called aisurando (アイスランド) in Japanese – first in line.
The Opening Ceremony will begin at 8:00 PM in Japan, which is 11:00 AM in Iceland. RÚV will broadcast the ceremony live.
