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Athletics IAAF World Championships 2017


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39 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Any American user know Why they not incline or open the US flag like all others during the medal ceremony?  Does it have something to do with not bending infront of the British crown or just they have some exception ? because so far I saw almost all medal ceremonies and they always dropped the flags during the anthems, only the USA flag stayed unopened up.

 

Just out of curiosity, I really want to know the reason :)

 

 

Okay, I apparently just found it. https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-08-05/why-wont-team-usa-dip-their-flag-olympic-opening-ceremonies

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5 minutes ago, hckosice said:

We are 'Murica, we are special!

 

:facepalm:

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3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

We are 'Murica, we are special!

 

:facepalm:

 

I say you, it took me the whole week :lol: every medal ceremony, immediately when started the anthem all flags are lowed except the USA one, which stayed up unopened. I couldn´t find the reason, it started to make me mad to not know the reason, so I decided to ask it here and suddenly I found the answer few minutes later. :d

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3 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

I say you, it took me the whole week :lol: every medal ceremony, immediately when started the anthem all flags are lowed except the USA one, which stayed up unopened. I couldn´t find the reason, it started to make me mad to not know the reason, so I decided to ask it here and suddenly I found the answer few minutes later. :d

:lol:

 

I did see medal ceremonies (even the women's steeple today) but didn't notice this :d

 

It's so completely stupid :rofl: And rather disrespectful to basically all other nations, but well, that's not new from USA who think they're the absolute best in the world

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7 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

I say you, it took me the whole week :lol: every medal ceremony, immediately when started the anthem all flags are lowed except the USA one, which stayed up unopened. I couldn´t find the reason, it started to make me mad to not know the reason, so I decided to ask it here and suddenly I found the answer few minutes later. :d

Italian TV commentator say that if the USA flag is unopned it means a national mourning

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