NBA star Antetokounmpo to become first black Greek Olympic flagbearer

Giannis Antetokounmpo is to become the first black athlete to bear the flag for Greece at the Olympics.

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The two-time NBA MVP will carry the flag alongside race walker Antigoni Ntrismpioti in Paris on 26 July.

The Greek men’s basketball team qualified for its first Olympic Games since 2008, after beating Croatia in front of a home crowd in Piraeus on Sunday.

The 29-year-old, who was drafted by Milwaukee Bucks in 2013 and led them to the 2021 NBA title, was in tears after the game.

"It's an incredible feeling," he said after qualification. "Since I was a kid I always wanted to play in the Olympic Games."

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