The organization of the Paris Olympic Games made a big gaffe at the opening ceremony and drew attention. The Olympic flag was flown upside down, with the yellow and green arches facing upwards.
On social networks, the error drew attention and earned comments from viewers about the case.
They hoisted the Olympic flag upside down.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/qNXIy94b7K
— Mölter™ 🚁✈️ (@MolterGui) July 26, 2024
🚨PLEASE NOTE: The Olympic flag was hoisted incorrectly, upside down. #Paris2024 #Olympics #CerimôniaDeAbertura pic.twitter.com/A3bIKZC5qR
— CHOQUEI (@choquei) July 26, 2024
The Olympic Flag was flown backwards#Paris2024 #BancadaOlimpica pic.twitter.com/sFkij5giSg
— Lion🦁 Stand (@bancadadeleao) July 26, 2024
Details of the opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games began this Friday (26), promptly at 7:30 pm (2:30 pm Brasília time). In an unprecedented format in the history of the Olympics, the delegations “paraded” across the Seine River, leaving the Austerlitz Bridge and arriving at the Pont d’Iéna.
After the athletes and their commissions have passed through a 6 km course until the opening formalities begin, including the arrival of the Olympic torch, they will take place at the Trocadero, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
At the Trocadero, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams and legends of French sport carried the torch to the Louvre Museum, where the Olympic cauldron was located. Those responsible for lighting the cauldron were Marie Perec and Teddy Riner, legends of athletics and judo, respectively.
See below photo gallery of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games:
