Stephanie Rice - flag worn upside down!?

Question

After Stephanine Rice - Australian Olympic Swimmer (now double gold medalist) - got her medal on the podium, a member of the audience gave her the Australian flag, and she proceeded to parade around the water cube wearing it like a cape.

Didn't she notice she had it UPSIDE DOWN?

In flag etiquette, an upside-down national flag a distress signal.

Answer 1

Well said Armouror2000 who cares if she had it upside down she was excited.  

Answer 2

Does it really matter?  She's a gold medalist!

Everybody is caught up in the excitement.

Well done Stephanie !

Answer 3

She was probably WAY too excited to notice the insignificance of it. I mean she won a gold medal after all.  Only an overly patriotic psycho would notice this f**t of a subconcious gesture, thank God she wasn't chinese, that government would have probably executed her.

Answer 4

in australia no. america, japan, china, and greece... yes

Answer 5

and it it is ok for cathy freeman to carry the aboriginal piece of cloth at my Olympics Sydney 2000  Australia has only ONE flag Good on you Stephanie Rice  Upside down back to front sideways it is still OUR Flag and she was proud to carry it  

Answer 6

She's got pool water in her brain at that time.