{"id":51615,"date":"2015-06-10T17:34:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51615"},"modified":"2015-06-10T17:34:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T09:34:22","slug":"inverted-ph-flag-seen-on-filipino-athletes-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/10\/inverted-ph-flag-seen-on-filipino-athletes-uniform\/","title":{"rendered":"Inverted PH flag seen on Filipino athletes\u2019 uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filipino runners Eric Cray and Kayla Richardson win in 2015 SEA games (Photo from All About Juan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the 2015 Southeast Asian Games held in Singapore, Filipino-American athletes encountered wardrobe malfunctions as they wore uniforms with inverted Philippine flags.<\/p>\n

Eric Cray and Kayla Richardson both won gold in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 100m sprint double. Their joy and pride, however, were let down by the upside-down flags in their jerseys. Instead of blue, red was on top which signaled that the country was at war.<\/p>\n

As of posting, the person responsible for the error remained unknown.<\/p>\n

After the fault garnered attention, the Philippine presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte released a statement hoping that the flags would be turned the right way.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt must have been an oversight, which I am certain they will correct once brought to their attention,\u201d Valte said in an interview.<\/p>\n

This has not been the first time the Philippine flag has been carried in the wrong position.<\/p>\n

In 2013, American football wide receiver mistakenly carried the inverted flag when he called for support to the Typhoon Haiyan (Typhoon Yolanda) victims.<\/p>\n

Moreover in 2010, United States President Barack Obama also led a meeting with country presidents which featured an upside-down flag.<\/p>\n

Despite Cray and Richardson\u2019s Filipino pride, some Filipino citizens still criticized the country for importing overseas talent rather than supporting local athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel that if you have Filipino blood and you cherish the traditions of the Philippines, you know it\u2019s a great honor for me to be able to represent and I am just happy that they allow me to,\u201d Cray said, still considering it a \u2018great honor\u2019 to represent the Philippines in the SEA games.<\/p>\n

Cray is the first-ever Filipino runner who won in the SEA games. Richardson, on the other hand, is the second Filipina who won since Elma Muros in 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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