The nation of Haiti will have a competitor in the Summer Olympics for the fifteenth time when the Rio Olympics officially begin Friday, with Haitians having competed in seven different events. One of the sports in which an athlete had yet to represent Haiti is wrestling, but that will change this summer. And in representing the nation of his birth, 37-year old Asnage Castelly will receive the ultimate honor during the Opening Ceremony.
According to the Associated Press, Castelly has been selected to be Haiti’s flag bearer when the delegation enters the Maracanâ stadium Friday evening.