When it came time to introduce the member of the Argentine Swimming Team, an oversight by the organization caused discontent on social media.
A few days ago the Paris 2024 Olympic GamesIn this sense, many Argentine athletes were able to compete in different disciplines in recent days.
One of them was Macarena Ceballosthe swimmer who made her Olympic debut with the albiceleste, reached the semi-finals and made history, since qualified for a semi-final after 20 years of not achieving itUnfortunately, she finished 15th at this stage and did not make it to the final of the 100-meter breaststroke.
Anyway, on this occasion It was the organization that stole all the spotlightssince an unusual event occurred during the presentation of the Cordovan.
Ceballos won in Brazil and broke the Argentine record. (Photo Instagram Macarena Ceballos).
Ceballos won in Brazil and broke the Argentine record. (Photo Instagram Macarena Ceballos).
What was the mistake that was made in the presentation of Macarena Ceballos?
Ceballos appeared for the second time on Sunday to improve the first time she had set in the morning in the 100-meter breaststroke semifinal when, upon being introduced by the commentator, The Chinese flag appeared on the screen instead of the Argentine flag..
The reporter, indignant, said in the broadcast: “It wouldn’t be the flag of Argentina that’s behind, it’s the Chinese one. Macarena Ceballos looked back and laughed. It’s unbelievable.… The worst thing is that there are no Chinese in the series, it’s not that they lost their way.”
The video quickly went viral.and provoked the discontent of Argentine social media users. However, in her subsequent statements, Ceballos did not appear angry about the incident, but rather reflected on her performance: “I have a lot of feelings, I’m happy to be here but very angry about the time, that I didn’t train for this. I did a very hard training to show something else, I don’t know what happened to me. It’s a lot of sacrifice that we make for things not to go as I planned.”
Source: Ambito
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