{"id":7576,"date":"2021-03-14T00:51:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T00:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2021-03-14T00:51:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T00:51:22","slug":"team-england-name-ali-brownlee-as-flagbearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7576","title":{"rendered":"Team England name Ali Brownlee as flagbearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Team England have named triathlete Alistair Brownlee as their flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leeds born and bred, Brownlee comes into the 2018 Commonwealth Games (see race times below) as defending champion in both the individual and mixed relay races.\u00a0At Rio in 2016 he become the first person ever to win back to back Olympic triathlon titles, having first won gold at London 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Team England selected their flagbearer after a vote of all sport team leaders.\u00a0In casting their vote, each team leader was encouraged to consult their athletes on who they would like to nominate.<\/p>\n<div    >\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Team England flagbearer Alistair Brownlee said: \u201cIt\u2019s a massive honour to carry the flag for England at the Commonwealth Games.\u00a0I can\u2019t imagine what it\u2019ll feel like walking into the stadium with the cross of St George, alongside all the other Commonwealth nations.\u00a0It\u2019s certainly going to be up there as one of the moments in my career that I\u2019ll always remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Team England Chef de Mission Sarah Winckless said: \u201cAlistair is one of the iconic figures of English sport, his achievements in triathlon are unrivalled.\u00a0I\u2019m sure that this experience will match all that he has achieved in his career and this\u2019ll be a real moments to savour for Alistair and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Triathlon team leader Ian Pyper said: \u201cAlistair is a fantastic role model for triathletes and sports people all across England.\u00a0I\u2019m delighted for him and for the whole triathlon team.\u00a0Not many people get to carry their team\u2019s flag into the stadium and this is just reward for all of Alistair\u2019s hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Games triathlon races start on Thursday morning UK time. The women\u2019s individual final starts at 0:31 and the men\u2019s individual final follows at 4:01.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.ifootballshop.com\/liverpool-424.html' title='liverpool mens jersey'>liverpool mens jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    Advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The paratriathlon events commence at 0:31 on Saturday morning UK time before the Mixed Relay Triathlon begins at 4:01.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team England have named triathlete Alistair Brownlee as their flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Advertisement Leeds born and bred, Brownlee comes into the 2018 Commonwealth Games (see race times below) as defending champion in both the individual and mixed relay races.\u00a0At Rio in 2016 he become the first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}