Ciara Pello sailing
Mahe Drysdale is the New Zealands 2008 olympic flag bearer.
James Tomkins was the olympic flag bearer for Australia
The flag bearer for the Olympic team from India in the 2008 Games was Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. Rajyavardhan won India's only medal in the 2004 Games, a silver in double trap shooting.
Russel Short, Australian six-time gold medal Paralympian who also competes in able-bodied Australian championships, carried his country's flag as official flag-bearer in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympics on September 6, 2008.
"flag-bearer"
Mathias Raymond
Mark Foster (Swimming)
Rower Mahe Drysdale
Carrying the flag for Syria was weightlifter Ahed Joughili.
One of the team's athletes is selected, by either the nation's olympic committee or by the members of the team, to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Christian Olsson, the triple jumper.