Olympic flag hung upside down at Paris opening ceremony
The Olympic flag was flown upside down at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
This incident came as an unpleasant surprise to the organizers and guests at the beginning of the 2024 Olympic Games.
The ceremony, which took place in the rain, suffered a major blunder at a key moment, the Associated Press reported.
The flag was turned upside down during the performance of one of the main Olympic traditions.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris was certainly different from all those that had happened before.
During the spectacular opening ceremony, the Olympic flag was mistakenly hung upside down on the flagpole.
After the parade of boats on the Seine, the flag was carried to the temporary stadium on a mechanical horse.
The flag was then handed over to a quartet of French officers to be raised on the flagpole.
However, it immediately became obvious that the flag with the Olympic logo was hung upside down: the yellow and green rings, which were located at the bottom, were at the top.
Olympic organizers avoided showing the raising of the inverted flag on social media, but viewers quickly spotted the mistake.
