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See what Nigerian Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo has to say after a shining moment as Flag bearer for Greece at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
There is news about Greek and Nigerian professional basketball player Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo.
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16:50 - 23.07.2024
Giannis Antetokounmpo: Greek-Nigerian NBA star unveils Freak 6 signature shoe
Nigerian Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo unveils Freak 6 signature shoe ahead of being the flagbearer for Greece at the 2024 Olympics.
Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is one of the numerous NBA players that will be competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics. He received a very special accolade during the opening ceremony, much like LeBron James.
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17:25 - 20.07.2024
Giannis Antetokounmpo: Nigerian Freak named Greece flagbearer for 2024 Olympics
At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, Nigerian Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo will be the 1st black flagbearer for Greece.
Nigerian Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo shines as Flag bearer for Greece at Paris 2024 Olympics
Antetokounmpo was chosen to be the flag bearer and will be representing his native Greece.
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The two-time MVP was overcome with passion as he carried the Greek flag in Paris.
Greece was unable to secure a spot in the 2016 Olympics with Antetokounmpo's assistance.
Greece's basketball team's outstanding qualifying performance earned them a spot in the Olympics this year.
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The Bucks star has always had a strong sense of national pride, and now he has the opportunity to give Greece a medal on the biggest platform in the world.
For more than ten years, Giannis Antetokounmpo has led the Milwaukee Bucks both on and off the court, making him the team's face.
As Greece's flag bearer, he led the country down the Seine River, and the guy known as the Greek Freak was the first person everyone saw during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Reactions as Giannis Antetokounmpo is the flag bearer for Greece
Greece always kicks off the Parade of Nations since it is the home of the Olympics.
As Greece's boat proceeded through the parade and the crowd cheered, Antetokounmpo's smile persisted.
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Following the game, Antetokounmpo rushed to social media to declare that flying his nation's flag was the "greatest honor."
Following his parents' immigration from Nigeria, Antetokounmpo was born in Greece and will captain the Greek national team for its first Olympics since 2008.
Disney developed a movie based on his life story, which included his journey from being an NBA champion to selling trinkets on the streets of Greece to make ends meet.
Following Antetokounmpo's historic moment as Greece's first Black Olympic flag bearer, social media responded.
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Background
In the most recent Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQT), the NBA star helped the Greek men's basketball team win and guarantee their spot in the Games.
The parents of Antetokounmpo left Nigeria and immigrated to Greece.
With no documents from Nigeria or Greece, Antetokounmpo was essentially stateless for the first eighteen years of his life and was unable to leave Greece.
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Less than two months before the NBA draft, in May 2013, he was finally granted Greek citizenship.
There was "unanimity" in the choice of Antetokounmpo to fly the Greek Olympic Committee flag in Paris, according to Spyros Kapralos, the organization's president.
Greece has participated in four Olympic Games; its best result was three fifth-place finishes.
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