Kady Dandeneau heads past England's Amy Conroy in wheelchair basketball action during the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
Wheelchair basketball player Kady Dandeneau and lawn bowler Ryan Bester will lead Canada’s team into Thursday’s opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Sport Canada announced Dandeneau as the flag-bearer Tuesday, while Bester will carry the baton into OVO Hydro in Glasgow.
Dandeneau, a 36-year-old from Pender Island, B.C., is a two-time Paralympian who won gold with Canada’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Bester will make his seventh appearance at the event. The 41-year-old from Hanover, Ont., has earned 18 medals at the Commonwealth Games, world championships and Asia Pacific Championships.
The Commonwealth Games run Thursday through Aug. 2.
Canada’s contingent will also include seven-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse and hammer throw champions Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers.