No One Noticed That The British Flag At The Rio Olympics Was Wrong

Rio Olympics, as entertaining as it was, was pretty much a big fucking disaster from day one, wasn't it? Green pools, fake robberies, actual robberies and some serious injuries.

So, should we even be surprised that they managed to fuck up the Team GB flag? Every one of the 67 medals they picked up - including an impressive 27 golds - was collected under the wrong flag. Fuck's sake, Rio.

According to Gizmodo, Graham Bartram, who's the chief vexillologist (no, I don't know either) at The Flag Institute, was watching the games when he couldn't help but notice that the white diagonal stripes aren't thick enough. He's made a little picture here to give you a better idea, but basically the white stripes are for the St Andrew's Cross, so need to be as thick as they are on that flag.

The flag should have looked like it does on the left. Credit: Graham Bartram

Now, it's not a massive difference, but it's still wrong and it also meant that the Australian, Fijian and Tuvaluan flags were wrong, although New Zealand's was fine for some reason.

And to make matters even worse, it seems as though it will be wrong for the Paralympics, too. Graham's done his bit by letting the organising committee know but so far no one has even been bothered to get back to him. Cheeky bastards.

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