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Twitter releases country emojis for Rio Olympics

By SYLVANIA AMBANI
Delegations parade during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016. PHOTO | AFP

Twitter has released new Emoji’s for its users, to join in the Olympics spirit by evoking a national flag for each country.

A user only has to type the first three letters of their country’s name preceded by hashtag (#) for their national flag to pop up for instance #KEN.

On Friday night, the 2016 Olympics officially started in a colourful ceremony at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium.

Kenyans on twitter quickly tried out the customized emoji, expressing their gratitude and support for team Kenya at the Olympics.

https://twitter.com/SteveKariukis/status/761831333664530433

RT @Trackmann: Proudly #ken . Kipchoge Keino pic.twitter.com/aXXlBAwLQG

— Martin Keino (@martinkeino) August 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/KenyaRugby247/status/761765487990759424

Kenya Police Service wishes #TeamKenya all the best in #Rio2016. #KEN #RioOlympics pic.twitter.com/8gEJgDx0HE

— Kenya Police Service (@PoliceKE) August 5, 2016

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