RIO DE JANEIRO – The flag was almost as big as her. It was heavy, too. But Paraguay’s Julieta Granada, a scrappy 5 feet 2 inches tall, wasn’t going to let the minor details stop her from carrying it for her country in the Opening Ceremony last week in the Olympics.
“I was nervous about making sure that it stayed up,” Granada said Tuesday at the Olympic Golf Course. “Then the moment when they give you the flag it’s like, ‘alright, game time, go.’
“I tried to soak in the moments as much as I could, I tried to enjoy it as much as I could; Just be happy out there.