At Beijing in 2008, a famously disheveled-looking Johnson waved the Olympic flag.
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Appearing frail and in a white suit and tie, Ali was among a handful of dignitaries and other special guests who escorted the Olympic flag in the east London stadium.
In 2012, Marina Silva was personally invited to be the only Brazilian to carry the Olympic flag at the opening of the London Olympics, raising eyebrows within the Brazilian government.
The Olympic flag was then lowered and carried to the stage, where it was presented to the Sam Sullivan, mayor of Vancouver, the host city for the next Games in 2010.
Mr. Pistorius's alleged connection to the shooting has drawn international attention, coming months after his historic appearance at the London Olympic Games, where he carried the flag for South Africa.
The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether the Greek government violated EU fair competition rules by helping Olympic Airways, the country's struggling flag-carrier.
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.
The eerie emptiness of Trafalgar Square is contrasted in the Times with a picture from 24 hours earlier when it was packed solid with cheering, flag waving crowds celebrating news of London's successful Olympic bid.
The flag display is run by a neighborhood civic group, not the Olympic committee.
He then sat as the flag was raised, minutes before seven young promising athletes lit the Olympic cauldron.
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.
The company pounced when the South Korean flag was shown next to North Korean players on a big screen before an Olympic football game in Glasgow in July and when Chelsea's Eden Hazard clashed with a ball boy in Swansea in January, taking out newspaper ads.
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