Nicky Nieves and Steve Serio Named Team USA Flagbearers for Paralympics Opening Ceremony: 'United and Honored'

Mar. 15, 2025

Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty (2)

Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves

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Nicky Nieves and Steve Serio will be leading the way at the 2024 Paralympics opening ceremony!

Team USA announced on Friday, Aug. 23 that Serio, a wheelchair basketball player, and Nieves, a sitting volleyball athlete, will be the United States' flagbearers when the Paralympics kick off in Paris on Aug. 28.

“United and honored,” Serio, 36, wrote in hisInstagram Story.

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source: people.com