Katie Ledecky, Nick Mead to carry U.S. flag at closing ceremony

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Swimmer Katie Ledecky and rower Nick Mead, gold-medal winners at the Paris Olympics, will serve as U.S. flag bearers during the closing ceremony of the Games on Sunday.

Ledecky, 27, won four medals, including two gold, in Paris to give her 14 career medals -- the most of any American female Olympian. Mead, 29, helped the men's four rowing team to the first gold medal for the