IMO 1989 LL HUN38

Connecting the vertices of a regular n-gon we obtain a closed

IMO 1989 LL HUN38

Origin: HUN

Problem

Connecting the vertices of a regular n-gon we obtain a closed (not necessarily convex) n-gon. Show that if n is even, then there are two parallel segments among the connecting segments and if n is odd then there cannot be exactly two parallel segments.