For all the mass planning that would have gone into the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, it seems organisers didn't put much thinking into the medal ceremonies.
On Tuesday night, the presentation of medals for the team figure skating event was delayed indefinitely, following allegations a member of the winning Russia team had tested positive.
However, on Wednesday, it was another ceremony sparking a furore, albeit for very different reasons.
A tweet by BBC Sport revealed hilarious footage of guards standing next to drooping national flags and then flamboyantly pulling them outwards - but clearly the process hadn't been thought through.
One by one, the officials grabbed a flag and proceeded to pull it over their own faces, and then had to deliver an awkward army salute as it was automatically raised upwards on the pole.
With the Olympic, Canadian, French, and American flags all on show, four officials were exposed to the farce, although the footage went down well with amused fans of the Games.
"Whoever choreographed the medal ceremonies at Beijing 2022 didn't think this through," read the BBC post, fittingly accompanied by a laughter emoji.
@NotAtAllSparkly joined in the mockery, replying with "Peekaboo, I disappear. Salute, I reappear. Peekaboo!" while @Bingamin mischievously suggested it was all a deliberate ploy to ensure some entertainment: "Or they did[think things through], and realised putting some subtle humour into the situation might be fun."
@morningsymes likened it to a famous British TV series, adding "Dads Army Stuff..Heads will Roll. You Stupid Boy."
No foreign spectators have been able to travel to China to watch the Games, and maybe in this case, just as well given the hilarity the questionable choreography could have prompted amongst the audience.
As controversies go surrounding this Olympics though, flags flapping over the faces of officials is probably one of the milder headaches for those in charge.
The build-up had been plagued by China's human rights record, which had led to many athletes publicly questioning their desire to compete, whilst the doping drama surrounding the skating will bring renewed scrutiny on Russian athletes being allowed to compete as neutrals in Beijing.
Athletes are currently banned from representing the nation following the state sponsored doping that took place at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, with Russia currently serving a WADA imposed four year ban from international sport.
