Today, we continue with the flag-bearers and their respective countries. Since there is a lot going on at one time at the 2012 London Olympics, we cannot verify if each athlete has started competing though all team-sports ranging from water polo to handball (the only sport without an American team/athlete) are under way.
Here are eight countries ranging from Algeria to Ukraine:
Algeria: Abdelhafid Benchabla (men's boxing)
India: (pictured top, Sushil Kumar, wrestling)
Israel: Shahar Tzuberi (men's wind-surfing)
Ireland: Katie Taylor (pictured middle, women's boxing- a new sport at the Olympics this year)
Qatar: Bahiya Al-Hamad (women's shooting)*
Romania: Horia Tecau (pictured bottom, tennis)
Switzerland: Stanislas Wawrinka (men's tennis)
Ukraine: Roman Hontiuk (men's judo)
*_ This is the first year that Qatar has had a female athlete competing at the Olympics, along with two other Muslim countries Saudi Arabia and Brunei. Bahiya Al-Hamad has also been getting a fair share of media attention because she wears a head scarf while competing,
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