The 2018 Winter Olympic Video games are about to get underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea with the Video games’ Opening Ceremony set to happen Friday.
The Opening Ceremony is an unbelievable, made-for-TV spectacle that may see athletes from all 93 international locations take part in an inventive efficiency that may spotlight cultural options of the host nation earlier than the lighting of the Olympic Torch.
Every nation chooses one athlete to be its flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony, and Workforce USA elected to bestow the honour on four-time Olympic luger Erin Hamlin.
BREAKING: @erinhamlin chosen because the #TeamUSA flag bearer for the 2018 #WinterOlympics Opening Ceremony! https://t.co/wdxRfMXdY7 pic.twitter.com/F7k4gSyOVY
— Workforce USA (@TeamUSA) February 8, 2018
Hamlin received a bronze medal on the 2014 Video games in Sochi, Russia, changing into the primary U.S. athlete to win an Olympic medal within the singles luge because it was added to the Video games in 1964. The 31-year-old additionally turned the primary U.S. lady to win the world championships again in 2009.
The Remsen, N.Y., native was thrilled that her teammates voted her to affix an inventory of U.S. flag bearers that features Michael Phelps, Mia Hamm, Simone Biles and Todd Lodwick.
Say hiya to the Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer for @TeamUSA: @erinhamlin !
Tune in for #WinterOlympics competitors tomorrow at 8pm ET, and the Opening Ceremony on Friday at 8pm ET! pic.twitter.com/4QUcldfIUl
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) February 8, 2018
Hamlin will start her 2018 Olympic quest on Feb. 12 when she’s going to take her first two luge runs.
The 2018 Winter Olympic Video games’ Opening Ceremony will happen Friday at 8 p.m. ET.
