Twitter releases country emojis for Rio Olympics
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