Final ceremony: Olympic champion harness bears German flag

Canoe Olympic champion Ronald Rauhe carries the German flag into the Olympic Stadium at the final celebration of the summer games in Tokyo. The 39-year-old learned about his gold race with the kayak foursome on Saturday afternoon. "To wear a banner into the stadium is the coronation for me in addition to what I hold here in his hand," said roughness before the tears came.

For the Routinian it was with his sixth and last Olympic games the second gold medal after the triumph in the K2 in Athens 2004. Overall, he won five medals, the first with Bronze 21 years ago in Sydney.

At the opening ceremony on July 23, Laura Ludwig (Beachvolleyball) and Patrick Hausding (Waterfring) had led the German team. Rough is the second channot in a row, which the honor becomes part of an Olympic final celebration - and the fourth in total. 2016 in Rio Sebastian Brendel had born the flag, also record Olympic champion Birgit Fischer (1996) and Katrin Wagner-Augustin (2008) were already flaggers.

The team of the German Olympic Sports Bundes (DOSB) will be significantly smaller at the ceremony (from 13.00 clock MESZ / ARD) than in past summer games. Through the Corona measures of the organizers, the Olympionics had to leave two days after their competitions. In total, 434 German athletes and athletes traveled to Japan, on Monday there is an official reception at the Frankfurt Romans.

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