Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium

haunter

Easy mistake when there are 7 Allianz Stadiums in the world https://www.allianz.com/en/about-us/brand/partnerships/stadi... And it was probably 8 when they were designing the medal but Palmeiras didn't extend the naming rights contract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubank_Parque

cjs_ac

The government of New South Wales (the Australian state of which Sydney is the capital) commissioned a corporate logo depicting a waratah (the NSW state flower) and got one showing a lotus. They still use it on everything.

evnu

The pun in this follow-up makes the whole mixup worthwhile: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4n4l1yyvro "'We're not going to run from it': Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error"

lateral_cloud

Someone vibed the medal design

kgermino

Right there with the Milwaukee Marathon misspelling “Marathon” on their medals this year. https://marathonhandbook.com/milwaukee-marathon-handed-out-4...

u89012

TCS. Say. no. more.

jansan

Allianz Marketing Head: My son's new favorite website is "Hackernews". They do not run ads, so how can we get the attention of their audience?

js2

That time Ohio issued a license plate with the Wright Flyer flying backward and then the NC DOT razzed them about it: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048991822/ohio-reverses-cour...