The World Olympic Committee apologized to South Korea on Saturday for introducing the rustic’s athletes as being from North Korea within the opening ceremonies.
In Friday’s tournament, the announcer stated the boat touring alongside the Seine River was once wearing athletes from the Democratic Other folks’s Republic of Korea, the formal title of North Korea.
South Korea is formally referred to as the Republic of Korea.
The 2 Koreas had been at odds because the Korean Conflict of the early Nineteen Fifties.
“We deeply express regret for the error that befell when introducing the Korean athletes all through the printed of the outlet rite,” the IOC’s legit Korean language account stated in a submit on X, previously Twitter.
Nonetheless, The Athletic reported that South Korean officers sought after to satisfy with IOC president Thomas Bach over the mistake, and the Korean Olympic Committee additionally requested the native organizing committee to you’ll want to keep away from combating “the misrepresentation of the Korean athletes.”
In line with the file, the South Koreans additionally intend to ship a letter of protest.
–Box Stage Media
