SEOUL — South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday (July 26) was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organisers the mistake will not happen again.
Athletes of South Korea aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony, July 26, 2024.SEOUL — South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organisers the mistake will not happen again.
As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced them as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea — the official name of North Korea — in French and English.South Korea's vice minister for sports and culture, Jang Mi-ran, who was in Paris, had requested a meeting with International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach, the ministry said in a statement.
"We express regret that the country was introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games when the athletes of the Republic of Korea were entering," it said. South Korea's National Olympic Committee immediately referred the incident to the Games' organisers and requested that the error will not be repeated.
South Korea's delegation includes 143 athletes competing in 21 events. North Korea, which is returning to the Games for the first time since Rio 2016, has sent 16 athletes.
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