The flagbearers for Venezuela were chosen by popular vote, with one male and one female representative to be flagbearers: karateka Antonio Díaz and triple jumper Yulimar Rojas were selected. The voting program, called "Abanderado por el Pueblo" ("The People's Flagbearers"), was devised by the COV in May 2021. On 22 July 2021, the day before the opening ceremony, Rojas was still slated to be a flagbearer, but she did not appear at the ceremony. Judoka Karen León walked alongside Díaz at the opening ceremony, but did not carry the flag. Díaz was the only karateka flagbearer, and both he and Antonio Espinós, president of the World Karate Federation (WKF), felt proud to have a representative for the sport featured in the opening ceremony, with Espinós saying that the WKF "couldn't have asked for a better ambassador for karate".