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"I don't know what happened there but I'm shocked, I'm really shocked, because somehow he really carries the flag of the Paralympic Games and Paralympians, " Eduard Novak, a Romanian para-cyclist who won a gold medal in the London games, said in a phone interview Thursday.
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Meanwhile in Downing Street the official flag of the 2012 Paralympic Games has been raised - replacing the Olympic rings that have been flying over Number 10.
BBC: Athletes Village
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Its "rainbow run", like the Olympics' torch relay, carries a rainbow flag through many of the games' participating cities.
BBC: The Gay Games VIII in Cologne, Germany
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Soon after the London Olympics, Pistorius led his national team onto the track as South African Flag-bearer in the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
CNN: February 14, 2013 -- Updated 1700 GMT (0100 HKT)
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Yao also captained the Chinese team as hosts at the 2008 Beijing Games, as well as taking the role of flag-bearer in the opening ceremony.
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The rest of the games feature the Augusta National Golf Club and its iconic yellow flag.
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After his heroics in 2004, Gonzalez had the ultimate honor bestowed upon him prior to the start of the Beijing Games when he was asked to carry Chile's flag for the opening ceremony.
CNN: August 19, 2012 -- Updated 1510 GMT (2310 HKT)
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It officially ended on Sunday as the Paralympics closing ceremony extinguished the flame in the Olympic Stadium for the final time, before the Paralympic flag was handed to the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian city which will host both Games in 2016.
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After their athletes topped the medals table with 14 golds at the winter Olympic games, some 100, 000 flag-waving locals took to the streets of Vancouver and the nearby ski resort of Whistler, deliriously singing the national anthem.
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During the Euro 2012 football games a group of Irish fans made a flag with a message for Angela Merkel.
BBC: Oscar Knox