London Olympic 2012

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North Koreans walk off after wrong flag shown

July 25 (Reuters) - North Korea's Olympic women's soccer team walked off the pitch before Wednesday's match against Colombia after the South Korea flag was incorrectly displayed on a giant screen at Glasgow's Hampden Park stadium.

The Group G game was delayed for over an hour after images of the North Korea players were displayed beside the South Korea flag and London Olympics organisers had to issue an apology.

"Today ahead of the women's football match at Hampden Park, the Republic of Korea flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea flag," organisers LOCOG said in a statement.

"Clearly that is a mistake, we will apologise to the team and the National Olympic Committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again."

The game had been scheduled to kick off at 1845 GMT.

Hampden Park media manager Andy Mitchell told Reuters: "The South Korean flag was shown in the video package on the screen before the kickoff and the North Koreans were naturally very upset about that.

london-games.reuters.com/london-olympics-2012/articles/football/2012/07/25/north-korea-match-delayed-after-wrong-flag-displayed

[iamaninnocentma]

Edited to say **** the olympics because LA ruined my witty antidote about touchy chinkeys.

[iamaninnocentma]

Jesus LA. You stole my story.

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London 2012 opening ceremony clip released

Organisers of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics have released a 30 second clip from a dress rehearsal for the event.

The London Olympics organizers have done a pretty good job keeping Friday's Opening Ceremony under wraps. Now, at last, they're giving us a glimpse. They've released a 30-second clip from a dress rehearsal that suggests that it will be an extraordinary spectacle, as one would expect from director Danny Boyle (he of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire fame).

The footage shows kids in pj's bouncing on giant beds, and an array of dancers in lavish costumes. The most mystifying — and gripping — image is a mass of helmeted cyclists wearing giant silvery-blue flapping wings, pedaling around in two huge circles.

[KingZ]

Nobody cares about either the Olympics or North Korea. Or South Korea. Or any of the other retarded news threads that have been posted.

[iamaninnocentma]

More football today. Spain lost, Brazil won, Team GB drew against africa.

Tomorrow, some men run very fast, and some fat women throw heavy things.

[happy_priya]

I hope this time India will win more than 1 medal. Abhinav Bindra, Deepika Kumari & in Boxing team... there are lots of names who are our hopes.

[iamaninnocentma]

oops German sports official does a nazi salute as the German team walk past at the opening ceremony. The man with the blonde hair laughing behind him is the London mayor. Been a good olympics so far, North Koreans all offended and now the jews will be up in arms.

[iamaninnocentma]

Yeah i would if i knew what the **** you were talking about. I dont know what a "video tag"is, but thanks for putting the video dude.

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this song during the ceremony!

[iamaninnocentma]

usain bolt.jpg

Usain Bolt warms up for his 100m title defense.

[vashti]

You are missing the really interesting story, the one about the double leg amputee who is running. There is a lot of buzz about his prosthetic legs, which apparently give him an unfair advantage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

[haxan]

You are missing the really interesting story, the one about the double leg amputee who is running. There is a lot of buzz about his prosthetic legs, which apparently give him an unfair advantage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

Ya, the comedian Katt Williams did a bit on him a long time ago.

[Kiechi]

Moved outta' London for awhile to get away from this shit. Traffic is meant to be killer.