The London Olympic Games started today -- not that many people probably knew.
Because of the length of time the soccer tournaments take, they start soccer play before the Opening Ceremonies.
Today not only featured the first matches of said (womens') play, but also the first hyper-gaffe of the Games by the London organizers.
When they put up pictures of the North Korean women's soccer team, they put them up with the SOUTH Korean flag!!
The level of gaffe is utterly stunning!
Needless to say, the North Koreans refused to take the field for an hour after seeing the gaffe.
(As well, frankly, they should! The two countries are all but at war and have been since US involvement in the 1950's!!)
When they finally played the match, they defeated Colombia, 2-0. They share the group with the United States and France (US won 4-2), so North Korea is now forecast to finish third in the group.
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In additional Olympic gaffes:
Greece's triple jump champion, Voula Papachristou, will be watching the games from home for this little ditty she put on her Twitter account about African athletes:
"with so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitos will be eating food from their own home."
I disagree with Yahoo! blogger Chris Chase. Yes, the Olympic ideal is, at best, suspect (my experiences in Salt Lake City would give you that in spades!), but that would be sufficient, in my mind, to toss Papachristou from the Games. (The Greek national federation did this.)
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