They are powerful symbols that perfectly ... The Swiss flag is not rectangular, but square. However, in international competitions such as the Olympic Games, the standard size is used.

(ATR) The original Olympic flag - one of the most recognizable symbols of the Olympic Games - has turned 100. To celebrate the Olympic flag’s centenary, IOC media relations manager Sandrine ...

Each country's team is preceded into the Olympic Stadium by an athlete or delegation representative bearing his or her country’s flag. The flagbearer for the United States Olympic Team is normally ...

Here is a list of notable flag bearers to watch for during the Parade of Nations. Two reigning Olympic champions will carry the Canadian flag: sprinter Andre De Grasse and weightlifter Maude Charron.

The Olympic flag was raised upside down in an embarrassing moment at the very start of Paris 2024, following a spectacular, ...

In a gaffe shortly before French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open, the five-ring Olympic flag was raised upside down at the Trocadero, across from the Eiffel Tower.

(ATR) The Olympic Flag has arrived in PyeongChang, the 2018 Winter Games host city. Since the symbolic handover of the flag at the Sochi 2014 closing ceremony on Sunday, it has journeyed from the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, August 3. /TASS/. Russia’s titled volleyball champ, Sergey Tetyukhin has been officially named the national Olympic team’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 ...