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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday\u2019s opening ceremony.<\/b><\/p>\n

“I’m truly in shock and I don’t take it for granted,” Gauff said on Thursday during a press conference in Paris.<\/p>\n

Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first tennis athlete to carry the U.S. flag.<\/p>\n

“Most excited…I think meeting LeBron James, that’s the most exciting part about it. Most nervous, I’m just hoping is not too hot. You know, I know we’re going to be in the water and we’re going to be in those blazers. So I’m just hoping I don’t, you know, sweat too much. And and I look a little bit, distressed in the photos,” said Coco.<\/p>\n

The U.S. player mentioned her admiration for legends Serena and Venus Williams.<\/p>\n

“I almost feel like I’m having a little bit of imposter syndrome (for being chosen as U.S. flag bearer), but I am going to try to just take it in and be happy for myself.”<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Gauff made the American team for the Tokyo Games three years ago as a teenager but had to sit out those Olympics because she tested positive for COVID-19 right before she was supposed to fly to Japan.<\/p>\n

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