Winter Olympics: Athletes to carry Trade Centre flag

The tattered American flag from Ground Zero will be carried into the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee originally said US athletes would not carry the flag, although plans had been made to raise it as the official US flag at the ceremony.

Details still had to be worked out, but a source said ‘‘athletes and other heroes’’ would carry the flag ‘‘in a dramatic procession to the flagpole’’ at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City tomorrow night.