The video featured the Olympians doing their hair and makeup and getting dressed across a few rooms throughout the hectic suite. The site was built to accommodate 14, Olympians over the day event. One social media user suggested the athletes should move to a hotel, which Gauff revealed some had done already. Gauff said she borrowed a mattress topper from the US Archery team to counter the thin polyethylene mattresses.
The video, which has been viewed over , times, was posted a day after Gauff shared flag-bearing duties with basketball star LeBron James. Biles was not in attendance at the opening ceremonies as her first event is scheduled for Sunday and the athletes were expected to be on their feet for nine hours.
Getty Images. Gauff goes for a ball during her first-round women's doubles tennis match with partner Jessica Pegula on July 27, Gauff was surprised when she was named one of the two flagbearers for the opening ceremony. The 2nd ranked player in the world makes her Olympic singles debut inside Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday when she faces Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.
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