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Olympic diver Tom Daley and rower Helen Glover have been chosen as the flagbearers for the opening ceremony for this years Olympic Games.

The athletes will carry the flags at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony on Friday 26 July.

Tom Daley is competing in his fifth Olympics whilst for Helen Glover it will be her fourth games.

The athletes have said that carrying the flag will be a 'dream come true' and 'an honour'.

The opening ceremony will be held on the River Seine in Paris.

Each national delegation (group of people representing a country) will travel a six kilometre route on boats along the river.

Around 10,500 athletes will take part in the ceremony and each country designs special outfits for the athletes to wear.

This will be the first time in summer Olympic history that the ceremony will not take part inside a stadium.

This Olympics will make Tom Daley the first British diver to compete in five games after he came out of retirement three years ago.

He became an Olympian in 2008.

He said: "This Olympics has been about enjoying it, embracing every moment and taking everything in as much as I can. To be flagbearer too is just the icing on the cake."

Rower Helen Glover returns to the Olympics for the fourth time after coming out of retirement twice- previously ending her career following both the Rio and Tokyo Games.

"I never thought I would be an Olympian. Being part of history as a flagbearer, I haven't really got my head round it yet," she said.

"Everyone I have told so far has cried, and I cried when I was told, which goes to show how much of an honour it is and how much it means."