With the London Olympic Games just a couple of months away from kicking off, speculation is rife in Australia as to who will carry the Australian national flag during the ceremonial flag march at the beginning of the events and if the reports that are coming in from well placed sources are to be believed, cyclist Cadel Evans is the hot favorite at the moment to land the role. However, after listening to the speculations on ABC Radio, there was a group discussion about this topic between a small group of female sports journalists and according to them, Cadel did not even so much get a look in by the ‘experts’.

Some names that have also been mentioned by these sports journalists include Natalie Cook, who won the Gold medal for Australia in the Sydney Olympic Games and if selected, will be heading for her sixth Olympic Games, WNBA superstar Lauren Jackson as well as three time winner of the Silver medal in Olympic Games Opals, and the table tennis champion Miao Miao.

But many people believe that when being the flag bearer for the country is such an honor and a person’s achievements are kept in mind while selecting the person, the feats of Cadel Evans at last year’s Tour de France should not be overlooked in any way. Some, however, argue that the Olympic Games and the Tour de France cannot be mixed up as they will be like mixing oil and water but not many people are buying into this argument.

A popular daily newspaper conducted a  nationwide poll regarding the topic recently and it revealed that Cadel Evans is the front runner by some miles ahead with no credible choice near enough for him and it seems that the Olympic Committee will ultimately go for Evans.