U.S. flag falls during Serena Williams’ gold medal ceremony

[beijingwalker]

U.S. flag falls during Serena Williams’ gold medal ceremony

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LONDON — It was a blustery day at Wimbledon on Saturday, as Serena Williams blew through Maria Sharapova in straight sets (6-0, 6-1) to win Olympic gold in women’s tennis singles.

The wind continued through the medal ceremony, testing the how secured the nations’ flags were as they rose above centre court. Alas, Old Glory didn’t pass that test:

As the “Star-Spangled Banner” played, the crowd gasped as the American flag broke free of its crossbar and floated down behind a purple barricade between the stands and the court.

That left the flags of Belarus (bronze medalist Victoria Azarenka) and Russia (Sharapova) dangling above the medal podium. The champions shared a laugh on the podium at the unexpected visual. After winning gold, Williams acknowledged the windy conditions.

This became the most awkward moment of the women’s final, replacing the previous leader a.k.a. the dude who screamed “MARIA, I STILL WANT TO MARRY YOU!” as she was getting demolished in the second set by Williams …

A question we’re sure many Americans are asking: Should the IOC or London Olympic officials apologize for this?

While the whole “destroy the flag if it hits the ground” is an urban myth, the official flag code (via The American Legion) states that “the flag should not touch anything beneath it, including the ground.”

 

[Esc8781]

Looks like the flag is free! If you know what I mean.

 

[beijingwalker]

a premonition,fall of America

 

[Oldman1]

a premonition,fall of America

LOL! I can show a pic of a burning Chinese flag and portray as a premonition of a burning China.

 

[Esc8781]

a premonition,fall of America

The two are going to be the super power Russia and Belarus in the future! Man that was stupid what you said, really!

 

[Götterdämmerung]

LOL! I can show a pic of a burning Chinese flag and portray as a premonition of a burning China.

Smart reply - not.

Burning the flag is man-made, the US flag falling down in Wimbledon was made by nature, the wind - that heavenly child.

BTW, there are thousands of US flag burning pictures in the interweb.

 

[PakShah]

U.S. flag falls during Serena Williams’ gold medal ceremony

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Hahahaha. Hilarious!

I find the most halarious and embarasssingly stupid part is when the retarded male still said that he wanted to marry Maria.

 

[Oldman1]

Smart reply - not.

Burning the flag is man-made, the US flag falling down in Wimbledon was made by nature, the wind - that heavenly child.

BTW, there are thousands of US flag burning pictures in the interweb.

What makes you think it was nature? Somebody didn't set up the flag correctly. It was man made Ooooooh.....

 

[KingMamba]

Does this "story" really deserve its own thread?

 

[VCheng]

What makes you think it was nature? Somebody didn't set up the flag correctly. It was man made Ooooooh.....

self delete.

 

[notsuperstitious]

What makes you think it was nature? Somebody didn't set up the flag correctly. It was man made Ooooooh.....

Or we can check out Götterdämmerung's fake german flags and conclude chinese fake industry will reach new levels!

 

[KRAIT]

Must be Chinese made hardware methinks!

Conspiracy....

 

[pk_baloch]

MENE SOCHA PATA NAEE LIBERTY STATU GIR GAYA HO

 

[ahfatzia]

I bet that flag was made in China and Mao's spirit has put a curse on it.

 

[VCheng]

Conspiracy....

self delete ......