GER - Germany yet to announce if Nowitzki will be flagbearer
BERLIN (Olympics) - To bear or not to bear, that is the question. Dirk Nowitzki would be a popular choice to be the flagbearer for Germany at the Beijing Games but the basketball icon says there are other sportsmen who would be equally deserving of the honor which is set to be announced on Wednesday. "I would really love to be the flagbearer, but ...
BERLIN (Olympics) - To bear or not to bear, that is the question.
Dirk Nowitzki would be a popular choice to be the flagbearer for Germany at the Beijing Games but the basketball icon says there are other sportsmen who would be equally deserving of the honor which is set to be announced on Wednesday.
"I would really love to be the flagbearer, but there are also other colleagues that have already experienced four of five Olympics and they have every right to be flagbearers,” Nowitzki said.
Basketball already has flagbearers.
Sarunas Jasikevicius has the honour for Lithuania, Manu Ginobili for Argentina and Andrei Kirilenko for Russia. China have yet to announce if Yao Ming will carry the flag for China.
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