London apologizes for DPRK flag mix-up
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="London">London</span> <span word="Olympic">Olympic</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span> <span word="apologized">apologized</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mix">mix</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="flag">flag</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="women">women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="soccer">soccer</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="walk">walk</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pitch">pitch</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="embarrassing">embarrassing</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Games">Games</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="DPRK">DPRK</span> <span word="squad">squad</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="pictured">pictured</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="flag">flag</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Colombia">Colombia</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Hampden">Hampden</span> <span word="Park">Park</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Glasgow">Glasgow</span>, <span word="Scotland">Scotland</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sporting">sporting</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="ceremony">ceremony</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="DPRK">DPRK</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="persuaded">persuaded</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="return">return</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="later">later</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="teams">teams</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="re">re</span>-<span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="player">player</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="correct">correct</span> <span word="flag">flag</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mistake">mistake</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="that">that</span>," <span word="Paul">Paul</span> <span word="Deighton">Deighton</span>, <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="executive">executive</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Games">Games</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span> <span word="LOCOG">LOCOG</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="BBC">BBC</span> <span word="radio">radio</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="DPRK">DPRK</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="win">win</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="match">match</span> 2-0.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="coach">coach</span> <span word="Sin">Sin</span> <span word="Ui">Ui</span>-<span word="gun">gun</span> <span word="said">said</span>: "<span word="Winning">Winning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="compensate">compensate</span> <span word="this">this</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="matter">matter</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="repeat">repeat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="matches">matches</span>." <span word="The">The</span> <span word="flag">flag</span> <span word="flap">flap</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="player">player</span> <span word="introductions">introductions</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="DPRK">DPRK</span> <span word="player">player</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="shot">shot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ROK">ROK</span> <span word="flag">flag</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="organizer">organizer</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="included">included</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="gaffe">gaffe</span>: <span word="It">It</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="refer">refer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="Olympic">Olympic</span> <span word="names">names</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="organizers">organizers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reissue">reissue</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="using">using</span> "<span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>" <span word="and">and</span> "<span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Republic">Republic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Korea">Korea</span>."</p><p><span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="started">started</span> 1 <span word="hour">hour</span>, 5 <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="late">late</span>. <span word="Fans">Fans</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="confused">confused</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="first">first</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="booing">booing</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="restless">restless</span>.</p>
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