Paris 2024 says sorry over opening ceremony's 'Last Supper' sketch

Sport

Published on 28 Jul 2024 10:21:55 PM

Paris 2024 organisers on Sunday (July 28) apologised to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games' opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo Da Vinci's famous “The Last Supper” painting.

This was the second apology over the last two days, with the first over an error made when the South Korean contingent was introduced as Democratic People's Republic of Korea during the parade in the opening ceremony.

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