Kellie Harrington and Brendan Irvine to carry Irish flag at Olympic opening ceremony

“I just know we will be looking at each other and smiling.”

Brendan Irvine and Kellie Harrington (Danny Lawson/Martin Rickett/PA)

Boxers Kellie Harrington and Brendan Irvine will carry the Irish flag in the athlete’s parade at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.

Former world champion Harrington will be making her debut at the Games while Irvine, a former European and Commonwealth Games medallist, competed in Rio in 2016.