Last year, Andrei Kirilenko led his Russian men’s national basketball team in the 2007 European Championships.
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This Friday, he’ll lead — in a different way — Russia’s entire Olympic sports delegation in the Beijing Summer Games’ opening ceremonies. Kirilenko has been selected to carry the Russian flag as he and his Olympic peers enter into and parade around Beijing’s National Stadium.
“Representing in front of the world, you know, is a big honor,” said the longtime Utah Jazz forward, “and I will try to do my best.”
