A mistake was made at the Olympic basketball games in Paris when the national anthem of South Sudan was played incorrectly.
According to the AP and AFP news agencies, the wrong national anthem was played before the men’s basketball game between South Sudan and Puerto Rico at the Pierre Morua stadium in Lille on Sunday.
The South Sudanese players looked embarrassed, and boos erupted from the stands. The South Sudanese players soon stood in unison with their hands on their chests, waiting for the error to be corrected, 메이저사이트 while players on the Puerto Rican team did the same in a show of solidarity, AP reported.
Organizers stopped playing the audio of the wrong country after about 20 seconds. About three minutes later, the correct anthem was played, and fans applauded again.
The controversy was similar to a mistake during the opening ceremony that mistakenly introduced South Korea as North Korea, AFP reported. During the opening ceremony on Saturday (local time), the stadium announcer incorrectly introduced the South Korean team as “North Korea” in both French and English as they entered the arena.
The game was won by South Sudan, 90-79.
South Sudan broke away from Sudan in 2011 after decades of civil war.
This is the first time the men’s national basketball team has competed in the Olympics, and they are considered to be a formidable opponent, having lost by just one point to the U.S. Men’s National Basketball Team, which features stars from the National Basketball Association (NBA), in an exhibition game on March 21.