Overview

• During the Asian Aquatics Championships in Ahmedabad, India’s men’s water polo team competed with the national flag printed on their swim trunks.
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Indian Olympic Association requested a formal report from the Swimming Federation of India and directed an immediate correction.
• The SFI cited World Aquatics guidelines that allow national insignia on competition gear but acknowledged the breach of India’s flag protocol.
• Officials said the team’s kit will be changed before the next match so the flag appears only on skull caps.
• Spectators first flagged the issue and criticism grew online as the ministry characterized the incident as an inadvertent lapse that still required action.