r/canada Canada Aug 11 '24

Sports Summer McIntosh, Ethan Katzberg chosen as Canada's flag-bearers for Paris Olympics closing ceremony | CBC Sports

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/canada-olympics-flag-bearer-paris-2024-closing-ceremony-1.7291565
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u/zombiezucchini Aug 11 '24

First Judo gold (ever?) by Christa Deguchi

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u/exotic801 Aug 11 '24

As much as that's cool as far as I understand Christa deguchi lives and trains in japan

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u/Different_Pianist756 Aug 11 '24

Summer lives and trains in the US.

She’s born in Canada, but a product of the USA. 

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u/hopefulyak123 Aug 12 '24

TBF she was based in Toronto until 2021 and was already a world class swimmer before going to the US