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London 2012: A bad case of mistaken identity
You couldn’t make it up. Or could you?
London 2012.
It ‘starts’ two days before the official Opening Ceremony…..in Cardiff
Then gets sent to Coventry (ok, I’m being a bit over sensitive about Coventry; I just don’t like the place or football team!)
Then London 2012 heads to Scotland and Hampden Park, where…..the profile pics introducing the women footballers of North Korea are pictured for all to see on big screens with the flag of South Korea.
Playing the wrong national anthem would be one thing (I’m sure that will happen at some point)
Displaying the wrong national flag is another
And where North Korea and its neighbours are concerned, getting the latter wrong is a touch sensitive shall we say., Technically they are at war with each other., which might explain why they don’t exactly get on, and why it was such a big issue (not the sort of thing you could laugh off I guess)
So with that insult (to put it mildly), the North Koreans walked off Hampden Park, before they were persuaded to return and play, albeit an hour later.
Hilarious.
So a great start then.
I ask whether you couldn’t make it up. Yesterday’s inauspicious start is something that you would expect to see in a spoof TV show. Anyone who has been watching the BBC’s ‘Twenty Twelve’ will know exactly what I’m referring to.
Twenty Twelve is a very funny, satirical series based on the team organising the 2012 Olympics (‘The Olympic Deliverance Team’ if you will). If you haven’t watched it, try to get a look if you can. Funny and ironic.
And as things start to hot up (in the Games and ‘delivery’ sense, not the weather) and as the world watches, I’m sure we’ll have other incidents and examples to chuckle at.
Bring on the Opening Ceremony.
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London 2012: false start?
Does it seems strange to be starting a huge event such as the 2012 Olympics before its opening ceremony has even taken place?
And even when the Olympic Torch is still on its relay journey to the stadium (currently in London on the final legs before Friday, visiting Wembley Stadium today).
I think so. For example, you dont’ see the opening matches of the football World Cup or the Rugby World Cup starting before their opening ceremony. It’s similar to having a wedding reception before the actual wedding ceremony.
Even the official London 2012 website earlier today was quoted as saying the Games kick off in two days time; presumably their thinking being once the multi-million pound Opening Ceremony has been and gone
Anyway, Olympic ‘competition’ gets underway today, with women’s football at The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff at 16.00GMT and then at The City of Coventry (in Coventry, obviously) at 17.00GMT.
After all the waiting, all the various controversies of security, cost, and competitor selection (to name a few issues) the eyes of the world are firmly set to fall on London 2012.
Let the Games begin.
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