India fumes at Olympic ceremony intruder

[beijingwalker]

India fumes at Olympic ceremony intruder
AFPAFP – 3 hours ago

India's flagbearer Sushil Kumar leads his country's delegation during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, on July 27. An unidentified woman, dressed in a red top and blue pants, was seen walking alongside Kumar at the ceremony even though she was not part of the contingent. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)Enlarge Photo

India have protested to London Olympic organisers after a mysterious woman gatecrashed their squad at the opening ceremony, media reports said on Sunday.

The unidentified woman, dressed in a red top and blue pants, was seen walking alongside India's flag-bearer Sushil Kumar at Friday's ceremony even though she was not part of the contingent.

India's acting chef-de-mission Muralidharan Raja slammed the intrusion, but stopped short of calling it a security breach even though the woman was not wearing the customary identification badge.

"She had no business being there. It was a clear case of intrusion," Raja was quoted as saying by the Times of India. "We are taking up the issue with the organisers.

"We don't know who she is and why she was allowed to walk in. It is a shame that she was walking with our athletes.

"I can't say that (if it was a security breach) as she was in a sanitised zone, but this was bizarre. We will ask for an apology.

"She embarrassed us in front of the world. The Indian contingent was shown (on television) for just 10 seconds, and to think this lady hogged all the limelight."

Raja, asked if he believed the woman was an Indian, said: "She could be Asian, Latin American, I don't know."

India has fielded its largest Olympic contingent of 81 athletes with hopes of bettering its Beijing Games tally of one gold and two bronze medals.

 

[livingdead]

Already a thread running.

 

[kawaraj]

who's the intruder?

 

[KingMamba]

Still funny no matter how many times I see it. She was even waving like she belonged there.

 

[Mujraparty]

who's the intruder?

Mystery woman' at India's Olympic parade identified
'Mystery woman' at India's Olympic parade identified - Hindustan Times

 

[Ajaxpaul]

Snipers should have taken her out...just kidding

 

[samv]

lol It's pretty funny.

 

[kawaraj]

it's going to be a topic in India through the entire Olympic weeks. but anyway good publicity for the women in red. people are ranting as I observe from TOI,

N.K.Pradhan (cuttack)
2 hrs ago (12:17 PM)
A serious issue shouldn't be ignored.
The details of young beautiful lady smartly dressed contradictory to the event marching with contingent ,drawn more attention than the Indian olympiads ,speaks a lot of the situation.
Is there a fashion design or beauty competition in this London olympics?

Biplab Kumar Pal (Salt Lake City, West Ben)
2 hrs ago (12:15 PM)
It is an intentional attempt to demoralize Indian athletes and the organizers are absolutely well inside this conspiracy. If this type of act has not been happened to any other country then India must withdraw from this 2012 Olympic games in favor of the protest against imposing insult to our Nation.

Jagdish (Mumbai)
20 mins ago (02:08 PM)
Who cares anyway? The world doesn't care about India or Indians. The officials accompanying the sportsmen should have intervened. What were they doing? or maybe they didnt really care. This is India. Sab chalta hai. We can withdraw from the games. No one will really care. We've made ourselves totally dispensible. Even tiny countries had better exposure than the Indian contingent. But do we really care? You know the answer to that.

 

[beijingwalker]

this lady is hilarious,and she does look Indian,maybe the organizers thought she was an Indian celebrity.so funny and I cant help laughing.

 

[KRAIT]

May be UK did wanted it, considering their reaction when we dumped Typhoon and their cry about Aid given to us and finance minister calling it peanuts.

Old tricks. Nothing new.

 

[kawaraj]

Raj (Mumbai)
25 mins ago (02:03 PM)
Only 11 officials for 40 athletes, that's 36% officials. Thank god ex president Pratibha's term ended else, she would have visited the Olympics with her realtives and cooks and the officials wouls have crossed 100 for sure since her group is of 70 persons.

this guy blames those overnumbered officials accountable for the incident.

 

[Arian]

What's so embarrassing about it that Raja has said: "It is a shame that she was walking with our athletes."??? lol.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

There was an Indian team?

I didn't even see the Indian team during olympic ceremony.

Why do you guys have to prove your High IQ everywhere?

 

[Ajaxpaul]

What's so embarrassing about it that Raja has said: "It is a shame that she was walking with our athletes."??? lol.

It means, there was a breach of protocol and security and Indians dint know who she was ? Isnt that a shame ?

 

[OrionHunter]

Damn! We have intruders everywhere! From the LeT and JeM to this Popsicle infiltrating the Indian Olympic team! Jeeez!