The Paris Olympics 2024 is in the news for multiple blunders right for the opening ceremony. On one occasion the organisers played Sudan’s national Anthem while the South Sudan National Basketball Team was making their Olympic debut. Players got confused and stood in disarray. A few days later, the Paris Olympics 2024 chiefs issued a groveling apology for playing the wrong national anthem ahead of their clash with Puerto Rico. The two sides met in Lille's Pierre Mauroy Stadium. IOC Issues Statement Amid Boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting’s Gender Row at Paris Olympics 2024, Says ‘Every Person Has the Right To Practice Sport Without Discrimination’.
Sudan’s Anthem Played for South Sudan National Basketball Team
🇫🇷🤡 ANOTHER EMBARRASSING BLUNDER AT PARIS OLYMPICS - after mixing up South and North Korea, organizers of child rapists' event play national anthem of Sudan instead of South Sudanese ahead of latter's basketball game, leaving stadium fans booing blunder, players confused (left… pic.twitter.com/2kZ6eRtHdt
— Andromeda11711 (@Andromeda11711) July 29, 2024
Apology Letter From Olympic Chiefs
This is respect to sovereignty. The #2024Olympics committee officially apologizes to South Sudan over wrong anthem during the opening ceremony of South Sudan-Puerto Rico game. The technical team had played Sudan’s national anthem instead of South Sudan#SSOX pic.twitter.com/3PQNaxl187
— Woja Emmanuel (@emmanuel_woja) July 30, 2024
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