Fox, Ockenden to carry Australian flag at Games opening

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Fox, Ockenden to carry *********** flag at Games opening

Jessica Fox and Eddie Ockenden will be the *********** flag bearers for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

The announcement was made on Wednesday at the River Seine, two days before the Games start with an unprecedented parade of barges along the famous Parisian waterway.

French-born Fox, 30, is chasing three gold medals in canoe and kayak slalom events at her fourth Games and is one of the biggest names competing at the Paris Olympics.

She will defend her Olympic title in the C1 and be among the favourites in the K1 and the canoe slalom, a new event at the Games.

Fox’s younger sister Noemie is making her Olympic debut in the canoe slalom.

Ockenden, 37, is competing at his fifth Olympics with the Kookaburras and is a three-time hockey Games medallist.

The modest Tasmanian has already amassed more than 400 Tests and could finish his career as the most-capped *********** in any sport.

Olympic gold has eluded him, with silver in a shootout loss in Tokyo not deterring the 37-year-old from pushing on to Paris.

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