Sun rises, flags fall on opening night of swimming finals
(WorldNews Indonesia)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Sun Yang thought he’d seen it all in his glittering swimming career. That was until Sunday’s opening night of swimming finals at the Asian Games. In an embarrassing technical blunder for games organizers, the flag hoist collapsed during the playing of the Chinese national anthem as Sun stood atop the podium after winning the 200-meter freestyle final. Officials picked the flags up off the pool deck and hastily reattached them to the broken metal hoist but were unable to...