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Saudi Sports Minister Crowns Sergio Perez with F1 STC Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2023 Prize

Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal has crowned Sergio Perez. SPA
Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal has crowned Sergio Perez. SPA
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Saudi Sports Minister Crowns Sergio Perez with F1 STC Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2023 Prize

Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal has crowned Sergio Perez. SPA
Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal has crowned Sergio Perez. SPA

Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal has crowned Mexico’s Sergio Perez with F1 STC Saudi Arabia Grand Prix 2023 Prize who ranked first in the race held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, driver of Red Bull and champion of the last edition, ranked second and George Russell, who drove the Mercedes Team, came third.

In remarks following the event, the Saudi Minister of Sports expressed pleasure of the success of the third Formula event being held in Saudi Arabia, citing the unlimited support of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the Kingdom’s sports sector.

The next round of the Formula Once Race is scheduled to be held in Melbourne, Australia.

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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)

South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organizers the mistake will not happen again.

As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - the official name of North Korea - in French and English.

The announcer used the same introduction when the North Korean delegation passed.

South Korea's vice minister for sports and culture, Jang Mi-ran, who was in Paris, had requested a meeting with International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach, the ministry said in a statement.

"We express regret that the country was introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games when the athletes of the Republic of Korea were entering," it said.

South Korea's National Olympic Committee immediately referred the incident to the Games' organizers and requested that the error will not be repeated.

South Korea's delegation includes 143 athletes competing in 21 events. North Korea, which is returning to the Games for the first time since Rio 2016, has sent 16 athletes.