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Basketball's Ayim, rugby sevens' Hirayama named opening ceremony

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that women's basketball player Miranda Ayim and men's rugby sevens player Nathan Hirayama will be Canada's flag-bearers for Friday's opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

This will be Ayim's third and final Games, with the fourth-ranked women's basketball team set to play its first game one week from

today.

Hirayama is the captain of Canada's men's rugby sevens team, which starts play Sunday.

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