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Clara Hughes will be Canada's flag-bearer for Olympics opening ceremony

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Speculation continued throughout the week that the 37-year-old Winnipeg native will be named Friday to carry the Maple Leaf into BC Place Stadium on Feb. 12 as Canada welcomes the world. According to CBC, Ingrid Paul, who is Hughes's coach, confirmed the speculation earlier Friday.

The official announcement is slated for 5:30 p.m. ET in Richmond, B.C., site of the Olympic Oval.

"The only other chance I had to attend one was in Australia, in Sydney, in 2000. An amazing, amazing experience," Hughes said earlier this week. "But, you know, all I could think walking into that stadium that day was 'This is really cool but how wild would it be to be marching in at a Canadian Olympics, engulfed by sea of red and white.'

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Date:01/29/2010

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