RIO DE JANEIRO: The Rio Olympic Committee is looking into replacing China's flags being used at medal ceremonies after Chinese citizens complained about flaws, the committee said.
Local Chinese media reported that the stars on the Chinese flags raised during the swimming and shooting medal ceremonies were incorrectly positioned, leading to complaints in China.
"All the flags used by the Rio 2016 committee are approved by the National Olympic Committees. We are working with the Chinese delegation to find a solution to this issue," a spokeswoman for the committee told Reuters on Sunday.
The Chinese Olympic Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
China has six medals so far at the Games. It clinched its first gold medal of the 2016 Olympics earlier in the day with first-time Olympian Zhang Mengxue's win at the women's 10-meter air pistol event.
During the medal ceremonies, some Chinese internet users pointed out that the stars on the flags raised were parallel with each other. The correct Chinese flag features one large star, with four smaller stars in a semicircle tilted to point toward the larger one.
"A flag is a country's symbol, we can't tolerate any problems," one online commentator quoted by Chinese media said.
According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese media reported that the flags were made in China.
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'I was so much in shock when I saw the national flag of China was actually the national flag of Chile,' they wrote.
'This is really not acceptable for a national TV broadcast across Australia to make such unprofessional or rather say irresponsible mistake.'
Comments on the petition - which has almost 3,000 signatures - also show a number of people took offence to the broadcaster going to a commercial break during China's entrance to the Opening Ceremony.
One commenter believes the slip up was a 'jealous set up against the recent years success of China'.
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