[sinsofsolarempirefan]

I’ve got no sympathy. They were selected to represent the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, not any of it’s constituent nations. They can save it for the Commonwealth games.
It’s like an American athelete who is supposed to be representing his country wrapping himself in his state’s flag rather than the stars and stripes....

[dfwgator]

All I know is that we’d better damn well not dip our flag during the Opening Ceremonies.

[snugs]

I disagree these are individual countries which is different to States and it has always been a tradition to wave your national flag as well as the Union Flag as the athlete is seen to be representing his country by competing for the United Kingdom.