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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: stockman_scott who wrote (133369)5/17/2004 11:54:18 PM
From: XBrit  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
It's come to this...

U.S. athletes told to cool it at Olympics

By Simon Hart, Sunday Telegraph U.K. (a right-wing paper btw)
16th May 2004

NEW YORK — American athletes have been warned not to wave the U.S. flag during their medal celebrations at this summer's Olympic Games in Athens, for fear of provoking crowd hostility and harming the country's already-battered public image.

The spectacle of victorious athletes grabbing a national flag and parading it around the stadium is a familiar part of international sporting competition, but U.S. Olympic officials have ordered their 550-strong team to exercise restraint and avoid any jingoistic behavior...

washingtontimes.com
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