Paris 2024: African Track Stars Tobi Amusan, Ta Lou-Smith, And Others Selected As Olympic Flagbearers

Following tradition, the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony will feature excitement and vibrant cultural displays. Each country’s team will be led by a flagbearer. Among the African nations, athletes like Tobi Amusan and Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith will proudly carry their flags.

A flagbearer, who can be an athlete or a delegation representative, leads their team into the event space, embodying the pride and aspirations of their nation as they aim for Olympic success.

Flagbearers can come from any sport, but here are the track and field athletes chosen by their countries:

Tobi Amusan (NIGERIA)

The women’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan, is a star of Nigerian athletics. She will make her third consecutive Olympic appearance in Paris and has been selected as Nigeria’s flagbearer for the first time. Amusan is one of the country’s top medal contenders.

Akani Simbine (SOUTH AFRICA)

A dedicated figure in South African athletics, Akani Simbine is renowned as one of the greatest sprinters in history, consistently running sub-10 seconds for the past decade.
Simbine is set to make his third consecutive Olympic appearance in Paris, which is expected to be his last. He aims to finish his Olympic career with a well-deserved medal in the men’s 100m event.

Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith (COTE D’IVOIRE)

Another faithful servant of athletics, the Ivorian legend is Africa’s fastest and in the top 10 of the world’s fastest women in history.
At 36, the four-time world medallist will take part in her third and final Olympics. She was their flagbearer in 2021 and will be gunning to finally bring back an Olympic 100m medal for her country.

Joseph Amoah (GHANA)

He led Ghana to an Olympic qualification in the 4x100m earlier this year and won the African Games 200m title in March.
Joseph Amoah will carry his country’s flag and hope to represent Ghana high in the 100m and 200m events.

Hugues Fabrice Zango (BURKINA FASO)

Specialises in the triple jump event. He is the world indoor record holder in the triple jump with a jump of 18.07m set in 2021 and the reigning world champion, winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
Zango competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics and won the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics – the first ever Olympic medal for Burkina Faso.

Emmanuel Eseme (CAMEROON)

An African Games 100m champion, African Championships silver medallist, and World indoor finalist, Emmanuel Eseme will carry his country’s flag with pride as he makes his Olympic debut in the men’s 100m.

Sefora Ada Eto (EQUATORIAL GUINEA)

She will compete in the 100m and will be her country’s only female representative.

Tebello Ramakongoana (LESOTHO)

A 2:08:09 marathon runner at best, Ramakongoana finished fourth at last year’s World Championships in Budapest.
He will compete in the event in Paris and be the country’s flag-bearer.

Asimenye Simwaka (MALAWI)

A legend in Malawi’s sports, Asimenye Simwaka is also a football player. She is a 2022 Commonwealth Games finalist in the 400m, a bronze medalist in the 200m at this year’s African Championships, and dropped below 23s for the first time in 22.91s.

Dylan Sicobo (SEYCHELLES)

A sprinter, Dylan Sicobo won the 100m at the Jeux de la Francophonie in 2017, where he set his current National Record of 10.33s. Missing the 2021 and thus the Olympics, he will now become a one-time Olympian and flag-bearer.

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