Flag fiasco rumbles on with incorrect banner hoisted for a third day as China scoops more medals
Flags still being manufactured as organisers point finger at Chinese delegation for mistake
Faulty Chinese national flags were raised again on the third day of the Rio Games, asa new batch was still being manufactured with Olympics organisers insisting it was not their mistake because the Chinese delegation approved the flags.
As Chinese athletes clinched two more golds, one silver and two bronze on the third day of action, the flags raised at the awards ceremony were again not the way they were supposed to be.
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“New flags are being manufactured and will be sent here as soon as possible,” a Rio Olympics Committee spokesman said. “It was no mistake by the Rio Olympics Committee because all the flags were approved by each national Olympics committee.”
But the spokesman said the most important thing was not to point out whose mistake it was, but to have the flags replaced.
“We are taking necessary actions to solve the problems,” he said.