Hello Sehpaathians,
As you all know that finally The Rio Olympics 2016, much awaited sporting event in the world, will begin with an official opening ceremony at the Marcana Stadium today.
The quadrennial event starts on Aug. 5, 2016 and will end on Aug. 21, 2016. Athletes from 207 countries will be present for a parade at the stadium.
Here is a list of confirmed flag bearers (so far) for the participating countries in Rio:
| COUNTRY | FLAG BEARER |
| Afghanistan | Kamia Yousufi |
| Andorra | Laura Salles |
| Angola | Luísa Kiala |
| Argentina | Luis Scola |
| Armenia | Vahan Mkhitaryan |
| Australia | Anna Meares |
| Austria | Liu Jia |
| Bangaldesh | Siddikiur Rahman |
| Belarus | Vasil Kiryienka |
| Belize | Brandon Jones |
| Benin | Yemi Apithy |
| Bolivia | Angela Castro |
| Brazil | Yane Marques |
| British Virgin Islands | Ashley Kelly |
| Bulgaria | Ivet Lalova |
| Cambodia | Sorn Seavmey |
| Cameroon | Wilfried Ntsengue |
| Canada | Rosannagh MacLennan |
| Chile | Érika Olivera |
| China | Lei Sheng |
| Cook Islands | Ella Nicholas |
| Costa Rica | Nery Brenes |
| Croatia | Josip Pavić |
| Cuba | Mijaín López |
| Denmark | Caroline Wozniacki |
| Equador | Andres Chocho |
| Finland | Tuuli Petaja Siren |
| France | Teddy Rinner |
| Gambia | Gina Bass |
| Gautemala | Ana Sofía Gómez |
| Germany | Timo Boll |
| Great Britain | Andy Murray |
| Greece | Sofia Bekatorou |
| Hungary | Áron Szilagyi |
| India | Abhinav Bindra |
| Indonesia | Maria Natalia Londa |
| Iran | Zahra Nemati |
| Ireland | Paddy Barnes |
| Israel | Neta Rivkin |
| Italy | Federica Pellegrini |
| Jamaica | Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce |
| Japan | Keisuke Ushiro |
| Kosovo | Majlinda Kelmendi |
| Lebanon | Nacif Elias |
| Malaysia | Lee Chong Wei |
| Maldives | Aminath Shajan |
| Malta | Andrew Chetcuti |
| Mauritius | Kate Foo Kune |
| Mexico | Daniela Campuzano |
| Montennegro | Bojana Popović |
| Namibia | Jonas Junia |
| Nepal | Phupu Lhamu Khatri |
| Nigeria | John Obi Mikel |
| Pakistan | Shah Hussain Shah |
| Panama | Alonso Edward |
| Philippines | Ian Lariba |
| Poland | Karol Bielecki |
| Portugal | Joao Rodrigues |
| Puerto Rico | Jaime Espinal |
| Romania | Cătălina Ponor |
| Russian Federation | Sergey Tetyukhin |
| San Marino | Arianna Perilli |
| Serbia | Ivana Anđusic Maksimovic |
| Singapore | Derek Wong Zi Liang |
| South Africa | Wayde van Niekerk |
| South Korea | Gu Bon gil |
| Spain | Rafael Nadal |
| Sri Lanka | Anuradha Cooray |
| Thailand | Ratchanok Intanon |
| Tonga | Pita Taufatofua |
| Tuvalu | Etimoni Timuani |
| UAE | Nada Al Bedwawi |
| Ukraine | Mykola Milchev |
| Uruguay | Dolores Moreira |
| USA | Michael Phelps |
| Venezuela | Ruben Limardo |
| Zimbabwe | Kirsty Coventry |
