Mike Tirico apologized on social media after misidentifying Martinique's flag as Palestine's during the gold medal ceremony for men's basketball. Mike Tirico made a mistake, and quickly rectified it.

The flag draped around Lessort's shoulders was for Martinique, an overseas territory of France located in the Caribbean Sea. However, Tirico said Lessort was wearing the Palestine flag during the ...

Mike Tirico apologized for misidentifying the Martinique flag as the Palestinian flag during the 2024 Paris Olympics men's basketball medal ceremony. Skip to content. Awful Announcing.

Lessort hails from the French overseas territory of Martinique, and displayed the flag of his native land, which is somewhat similar to the Palestinian flag. The French team, who won silver, and ...

France player Mathias Lessort had a Martinique flag draped over his shoulders during the medal ceremony. He was born in the Caribbean island that is a region of France and was raised there until ...

NBC sportscaster Mike Tirico apologized after he confused the Martinique flag for the flag of Palestine during an Olympics medal ceremony that followed the electric men’s basketball final on ...

French basketball player Mathias Lessort draped Martinique flag around his shoulders – but it was mistaken for a Palestine flag by commentator Mike Tirico (NBC) ...

NBC #Olympics announcer, Mike Tirico, said this was a Palestine flag being displayed by French Olympic basketball player, Mathias Lessort, but it is actually the flag of Martinique – a territory ...

The flag draped around Lessort's shoulders was for Martinique, an overseas territory of France located in the Caribbean Sea. However, Tirico said Lessort was wearing the Palestine flag during the ...

Mathias Lessort, who was born in Martinique and raised there until the age of 15 before moving to France to play basketball, draped a flag of the French region over his shoulders during the medal ...

Yet the Martinique and Palestine flags also look quite similar with a red triangle on the left and thick stripes extending across the rest of the symbol. Advertisement. Advertisement.

France's Mathias Lessort holds the flag of the French overseas department and region of Martinique after the men's basketball gold medal game between France and USA at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.