MOSCOW, July 30, Oleg Bogatov. Former US President and presidential contender Donald Trump was right to call the scandalous opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris a disgrace, and it could only get worse, said four-time Olympic biathlon champion Alexander Tikhonov.
The opening of the Games took place on July 26. Many social media users expressed outrage at the parody of the «Last Supper» they saw, featuring transvestites and representatives of the LGBT* community. On July 28, the director of communications for the organizing committee of the Games, Anne Descamps, apologized to those whose feelings may have been offended by certain scenes of the ceremony, in particular the parody of the «Last Supper». Other blunders were made at the opening: at the climax, the flag of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was raised upside down, and the announcer during the parade of athletes introduced the South Korean team as the DPRK team.
«There can't be a truer opinion, because the whole world is talking about it. Transgenders all over — it's a disgrace and a disgrace to the whole world. I think Donald Trump said this sincerely, calling the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris a disgrace. And, of course, not without a bit of advertising for his presidential race. But everyone is talking about this: the opening ceremony is criticized by Germans, Americans, representatives of other countries, and even the French themselves,» Tikhonov said, commenting on Trump's words.
“There are so many scandals going on in Paris now — violence, theft, robbery and everything else. And after all, the Games have just begun, it will only get worse,” the agency’s interlocutor emphasized.
The Olympic champion at the same time noted the low level of organization of the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid (USA).
«I then became an Olympic champion for the fourth time. When the Americans placed us in a future prison and there were problems with food and transportation. I have not seen a greater shame. And the opening was about the same, we waited an hour and a half for the columns of athletes to move I carried the flag of the Soviet delegation, which I did not bow to the podium of the US President. Although the KGB officers told me: “Sasha, you must bow the flag slightly.” I can say that the 1980 Olympics were a shame for the Japanese. — in Sapporo they showed themselves to be great, the Austrians created a fairy tale in Innsbruck in 1976, Grenoble in 1968 was exemplary in terms of organization, and the Americans ruined everything,” Tikhonov concluded.
* Recognized as an extremist movement in Russia and banned. .
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