Credit: Nick Potts/PA Archive. As well as voting for who will lead the team that athlete’s poll, conducted over the weekend, will determine who has the honour of taking the athletes’ oath on behalf of all 10,500 competitors at the opening ceremony. Only one comment was recorded: "There is the clumsy plot that you all can see, against th… Team GB's Chef de Mission Andy Hunt said: "Ben Ainslie is the perfect choice for Team GB's flag bearer for the Closing Cermony. Flag bearer Andy Murray speaks at the Team GB British House Reception ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 3, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hoy, a four-time gold medallist, was the overwhelming winner of a vote by the 542 members of Team GB. Dick Palmer, secretary to the British Olympic Association, carried the Olympic flag and marched by himself. It would like those who have at least 72 hours before they start to attend. British Cycling would like to congratulate Sir Chris Hoy on being selected as the Team GB flag bearer for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Chris Hoy was the man with the flag for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics Flag bearers have been an important part of the Olympics for nearly as long as the Games have been running. Sir Chris Hoy was yesterday named as the British flag-bearer for the opening ceremony on Friday. Hoy to be GB flag bearer at London 2012 opening ceremony Nigel Wynn July 23, 2012 1:21 pm . As well as individual gold, the Scot also won doubles silver alongside Laura Robson at the London 2012 Games. Adams was selected from a group of athletes that were nominated by sport Team Leaders. Fresh off the back of winning his second career Wimbledon title, the Scot has been named as the flag bearer for Team Great Britain at Friday’s Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony. On This Day in 2012: Sir Chris Hoy named Team GB’s Olympic flagbearer. Created with Sketch. "To lead out Team GB will be an incredible honour, the biggest in sport," he said. Hoy was the unanimous choice of athletes in a number of the 31 teams polled by the British Olympic Association, and was declared the overwhelming winner. To lead out your team at a home Olympics is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity and one that that I can't wait to experience in just a few days time.". Andy Murray has been confirmed as Team GB's flagbearer for the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Rio on Friday. The BOA has given anyone competing within 48 hours of the ceremony finishing in the early hours of Saturday morning leave to stay away. The BOA has determined that whoever came second in the poll would take the oath, with Grainger and Williamson in contention. He said: "I'm absolutely delighted and honoured to have been voted as the flag bearer for Team GB. Murray, who won Wimbledon for a second time last month, follows in the footsteps of fellow Scot Sir Chris Hoy, with the cyclist leading out Team GB at London 2012. The 35-year-old Ainslie became the greatest sailing Olympian of all time last week when he won the Finn class at Weymouth – his fourth consecutive Gold medal at successive Olympiads and the fifth consecutive Olympic Games he has secured a medal. RECORD-breaking Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie will be Team GB’s flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games tomorrow (Sun). More than 200 British athletes and officials are expected to march behind the Union flag in the stadium, though competition schedules mean many are unable or reluctant to disrupt their preparation. “There have been so many people involved in making these Games so special, so I think one thing you’d say on behalf of all the athletes is thanks so much to everyone involved – all the volunteers, and the whole nation for getting behind the team. The 2012 British Girls Champion was unveiled as the Team GB Flag Bearer in front of her teammates by Chef de Mission Mark England during a team reception hosted by the British Consulate General at his residence in Sydney.