A serious blunder occurred on the Olympic opening ceremony within the French capital Paris on Friday when guards turned the well-known Olympic flag the wrong way up.
On the finish of the opening ceremony, guards raised a flag with the Olympic rings on a pole within the Trocadero Sq. close to the Eiffel Tower. Sadly, the flag is turned the wrong way up, with the 2 decrease rings of the image dealing with upwards. The same old form of the flag is “two rings on prime of three rings”.
The reason for this error is unknown.
The opening ceremony was attended by a number of world leaders, together with Woman Gaga and Celine Dion, who danced and carried out for hours, and athletes paraded on boats on the Seine, all happening in heavy rain.
The thirty third Summer season Olympics opened in Paris, the French capital, on Friday night time with a grand opening ceremony on the banks of the Seine.
The opening ceremony began at 8:30 pm Moscow and Mecca time and lasted for 3 hours and 45 minutes.
French President Macron first welcomed world leaders to Paris for the opening ceremony.
Hours earlier than the opening ceremony, the rail community was broken, inflicting journey chaos throughout France.
For the primary time within the historical past of the Summer season Olympics, organizers didn’t maintain the opening ceremony in the principle stadium, however moved the occasion outside, particularly within the coronary heart of the French capital, in keeping with their slogan “The Olympics are broad”.
