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Ottawa (Rajeev Sharma): Olympic champions Mikaël Kingsbury and Marielle Thompson will carry the Canadian flag at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina Winter Games on Feb. 6, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Wednesday. The duo, both competing in their fourth Olympic Games, will lead Canada’s freestyle skiing and snowboard athletes during the ceremony in Livigno. The parade of nations will take place simultaneously across multiple venues, including Milan’s San Siro Stadium and mountain clusters in Cortina and Predazzo, making these the most geographically spread Olympic Games in history. More than 200 Canadian athletes, alongside competitors from 92 other countries,…