Birmingham Commonwealth Games open to allowing Pride flag on podium

FILE PHOTO: People carry the flags of the Commonwealth countries at the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay, outside Buckingham Palace in London, Britain October 7, 2021. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir said organisers were open to the idea of athletes bringing the Pride flag onto the podium at next year's event in Birmingham.

"We will be talking to athletes over the next six months in the lead-up to the Games about what that may or may not look like -- but certainly, we are open to that," Sadleir told the BBC.