Your Olympic questions answered: Who should be Canada's flag-bearer?

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With the Paris Summer Games now less than 100 days away, it's a good time to dip back into our Olympic mailbag. Thanks again to everyone who has submitted their questions about the Summer Olympics.

There's still time to get yours answered. Remember, no question is too big, too small or too weird! Send them to thebuzzer@cbc.ca and I'll continue to answer the best ones as the Games approach.

Today's question is from Rachel, who asks: Who do you think will be Canada's flag-bearer(s) for the opening ceremony?

In real life, this is a tricky decision because of the myriad factors at play. Scheduling, for instance, is a major headache. Swimmers never get picked anymore because many of them compete the morning after the ceremony. Track and field athletes have the opposite problem: their events are later in the Games, so many of them might not even be in Paris yet. The women's soccer team's opening match takes place the night before in Saint-Etienne, which is hundreds of kilometres away.

Then there's the cold reality that many athletes simply don't want to do it. The superstition of a Canadian flag-bearer "curse" has faded over the past couple of decades, but it was downright terrifying to some in the 1990s and early 2000s after high-profile athletes like decathlete Mike Smith, figure skater Kurt Browning and skier Jean-Luc Brassard missed the podium altogether after carrying the maple leaf.

For many, it's better to just avoid the pressure and the hassles. And those could be more daunting this time as the Paris opening ceremony features an ambitious athletes' parade of more than