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She was joined as a Team USA flag bearer by four-time NBA champion LeBron James, the first male basketball player to be selected for the honor.“What up, TikTok? We live here at 2024 Paris Games, here with Coco Gauff — in this!” James says, before cheering enthusiastically with the tennis player.The post has so far received nearly 600,000 likes, with many TikTok users expressing excitement at seeing the two superstar athletes together.
“Never thought I would see both Coco and LeBron James in the same boat,” one person wrote in the comments section.Prior to Friday’s ceremony, Gauff had discussed what it meant to be a flag bearer alongside James in an The tennis star told “Today” at the time that she hadn’t yet met James, but that this was “a cool circumstance” to do so.“So many incredible people just think that I’m worthy of this,” Gauff said about being selected as flag bearer. “It means a lot, truly.”Realness delivered to your inbox
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