newspaper "South China Morning Post"
the Organizing committee of 2016 Summer Olympics apologized for "counterfeit" Chinese flags which were lifted during an awards ceremony of athletes. Du Li and And Sylin, the won silver and bronze in competitions of shooters, were received by the awards under flags on which gold stars were incorrectly located.
the "Wrong" colors hoisted and in honor of one more Chinese medallist on the firing Zhang Mengxue which has won gold.
National flag China are represented by a red cloth, in the left which top corner the gold five-pointed star framed with an arch from four stars less is placed. They have to be located so that their beams indicate a big star, but manufacturers of flags of it obviously did not consider, and representatives of the organizing committee of Games – did not check. As a result, stars were located in parallel each other.
the Same colors hoisted when the Chinese swimmer Ian Sun won silver, and it was noticed by the TV host of CCTV Cui Yonguan. About annoying misunderstanding he wrote to Weibo social networks where it is read by nine million subscribers.
"Not that that I carped as if obsessed, but same national flag … here is rules which the junior school pupil" can understand even, – the leader declared.
toAs are reported by newspaper "South China Morning Post" , there was information that all national flags for the Olympic Games were made in China. However the Consulate General China in Rio declared that the "wrong" banners were made not by the Chinese firm. Of Beijing are inclined to accuse of misunderstanding the Brazilian authorities.
toIn the Olympic Games organizing committee, in turn, say that all flags used during Games, were approved by National Olympic Committees. Anyway, the committee works with colleagues from China as soon as possible to solve a problem.