The first example is Switzerland. The Swiss flag is not rectangular, but square. However, in international competitions such as the Olympic Games, the standard size is used. With a white cross and ...

Both players point to the events surrounding their selection as their respective countries’ flag bearers at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as one of the formative experiences of their sporting ...

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.