World skating championships: ISU apologizes for Taiwan’s flag error in Boston
Organizers of World skating championships They apologized after showing Taiwan’s flag instead of Taipei’s Chinese emblem.
Taiwan competes with most international sporting events such as Chinese Taipei to avoid objections from China’s neighbors, which claims the island governed by democratically as its territory.
However, the Taiwan government rejects the claims of Chinese sovereignty.
Taiwan’s flag was displayed on a video screen behind the Yu-Hsiang when the skater was introduced in view of the short program in Boston, in Massachusetts on Thursday.
A public address announcer at the headquarters read the excuses of the International Skating Union (ISU) in view of the event of couples later during the day.
“ISU would like to apologize sincerely for the display of the incorrect flag for Chinese Taipei during the ISU World Figure Pkating Championships today,” he said.
“We fully understand the sensitivity of this error and deeply regret any offense or confusion that this may have caused”.
He was unable to qualify for the finals in the short program event after finishing the 30th.
