The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be on Tuesday, August 24 and the Argentine delegation will have the athlete Yanina Martínez and the judoka Fabián Ramírez as the Argentine standard-bearers in the parade of all nationsThe decision was made after the meeting held with the National Technical Directors of the sports that will participate in the Games.
#Tokyo2020 Argentina with confirmed flag bearers for the Paralympic Games! Athlete Yanina Martínez, in Rio 2016, and judoka Fabián Ramírez, in Atlanta 1996 and Beijing 2008, will be in charge of carrying the Argentine flag at the opening ceremony. pic.twitter.com/zYxd3bc4C0 — Deportes Argentina (@DeportesAR)
July 30, 2021
Martínez was paralympic champion in the 100 meters T36 of Rio 2016, got a gold medal for Argrntina after 20 years, while Ramírez will play her sixth Game and accumulate two podiums, since she obtained the silver medal in Atlanta 1996 and the bronze medal in Beijing 2008.La choice of a man and a woman to be standard bearers is the same one they implemented in the Olympic Games to ensure gender equality in the event.
