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[ceezeelee]

Exactly and there would be no difference between the Oslo flag and one I can buy and fly in my backyard.

It just contributes to the continued confusion so many reporters have during the Handover Ceremony at the CC. They should have a new rule that kicks those reporters out who don't know their facts! Wasting precious space at the ceremonies! So why did Seoul get to do something special?

[baron-pierreIV]

ceezeelee, on 17 August 2010 - 10:38 AM, said:

So why did Seoul get to do something special?

Seoul, or somebody at the IOC must've remarked that the "Antwerp" flag was somehow looking peaked and would not survive a cleaning...after all, by 1988, that flag was already 68 years old (and must've smelled really musty too) -- so Seoul just had the bright idea to come out w/ a new flag. At most, the IOC could always refuse it. But at this time, the IOC wanted to add more historic things to its Museum collection, so it was as good an excuse as any to bring the older flag home -- and probably also to put to bed the rumors/controversy/confusion that the so-called "Antwerp" flag wasn't really the original one.

Now, it's actually up to Sochi now to step in and retire the "Oslo" flag which will be 62 years old in 2014. And it would be PAST retirement age at the 2018 Games.

Edited by baron-pierreIV, 17 August 2010 - 04:37 PM.