Fans watching the badminton men's doubles semifinal won by the Taiwanese pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin had items bearing the word “Taiwan” confiscated by staff and a fellow spectator.
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00:00Fans watching Taiwan compete at the Paris Olympics had banners with the word Taiwan
00:05snatched away by staff and a fellow spectator.
00:10The incident happened during the badminton men's doubles semifinal involving Taiwan's
00:14Tokyo Olympic champions Li Yang and Wang Qilin.
00:19Photos show Olympic staff snatching away a map and a green banner with the word Taiwan
00:25on it.
00:26Taiwan's representative office in France says that Taiwan's flag is indeed banned at the
00:30Games because the country competes under the name Chinese Taipei.
00:35But it says there are no clear bans on items with the word Taiwan on them.
00:40It says it's in touch with Olympic organizers and hopes similar items won't be seized in
00:45the future.
00:46The players Li and Wang won their match and will play in the final, hoping to win back-to-back
00:52Olympic golds.