Nagoya's mayor has apologised after the wrong national anthems were played three times at the Asian Para Games, following similar errors during the Asian Games.
01Summary
- 01On Monday, the Iranian anthem was played for a Taiwanese athlete winning a men's para taekwondo gold.
- 02The Iranian anthem was also played during a women's para taekwondo ceremony when a Mongolian competitor received gold.
- 03The South Korean anthem was broadcast for about five seconds instead of the Chinese one before a sitting volleyball match.
- 04Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa called the repeated errors 'unacceptable' and apologised at a news conference.
- 05The Asian Para Games in Nagoya involves about 4,000 athletes and officials in 18 sports through Saturday.
02Why it matters
For the thousands of athletes and officials at the Games, national-anthem errors undermine the ceremony's respect and dignity, and risk offending competing nations.
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