FILE PHOTO: Basketball - FIBA World Cup - Semi Finals - Spain v Australia - Wukesong Sport Arena, Beijing, China - September 13, 2019 Australia's Patty Mills in action REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
(Reuters) - Basketball player Patty Mills will become the first Indigenous Australian to carry the country's flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympics after he was selected for the honour alongside swimmer Cate Campbell on Tuesday.
Campbell will be the first female swimmer to be the flag bearer for Australia and the third from the sport following Max Metzker (Moscow 1980) and Andrew "Boy" Charlton (Los Angeles 1932), while Mills is the third basketballer, joining Lauren Jackson (London 2012) and Andrew Gaze (Sydney 2000).
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