Olympic Athlete: Honor & Experience

O Kansas City Chiefs It is one of the most traditional franchises in football professional of NFL (National Football League). The presence of your quarterback, Patrick Mahomesis long awaited among the sports fans to hold the NFL SAO PAULO GAME on Friday (5) against the Los Angeles Chargers At Neo Chemistry Arena, in São Paulo, in a game that opens the season 2025/2026.

Football variant that will be present in La28o flag football It offers opportunities for NFL athletes to compete in the Olympic Games. Mahomeswhich already has three rings of Super Bowlit was one of the first athletes of the sport that showed interest in playing the games.

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In a press conference held by Chiefs After training at Centenary São Paulo Athletic Club (Spac), on the morning of Thursday (4), the quarterback was asked by Olympics.com About this possibility.

“I know it will be very cool to be able to show football around the world at the Olympics and play the Football Flag,” he said Mahomes. “We have many guys who will compete for these vacancies,” he added, knowing that the competition will be great.

“But I think it’s an honor to be considered an Olympic athlete. And I hope I’m still young enough … I’ll be a little older at the time [terá 32 anos] …, but I still hope to be young enough to keep moving well and playing football. ”

When you finish the answer, your teammate, the tight-end Trevor Kelcewho was also in the press conference, interrupted: “He will be the water boy or something,” he joked Kelcelaughing who was in the press conference, including Mahomes.

“It will be gold medalist as a water boy,” he finished Kelceleading the room laughing.