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Fans who raised Greenland’s flag at US-Denmark Olympic hockey game say it was a pro-European gesture
Fans raised the Greenland flag as a pro-European gesture during the USA-Denmark hockey game, with Denmark players downplaying political links, USA won 6-3, remaining unbeaten.
- Fans raised a Greenland flag during a US-Denmark Olympic hockey game as a pro-European gesture.
- In the game, Denmark's Nicholas Jensen scored from center ice on US goaltender Jeremy Swayman.
- The US coaches chose Swayman to start over Jake Oettinger and Connor Hellebuyck against Denmark.
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Fans told to put Greenland flag down at U.S. hockey game due to 'American aggressive people'
Two fans who raised a flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics Saturday in Milan say they did so as a gesture of European support for the island and for Denmark. Vita Kalniņa and her husband, Alexander Kalniņš — fans of the Latvian hockey team who live in Germany — held up a large red and white Greenland flag during warmups and again when the Danish team scored the opening goal of the prelimina…
The supporters intended it as a clear message: they oppose Trump's desire to acquire the island belonging to Denmark.
When Denmark's national ice hockey team met the USA on Saturday, there was support for Greenland from the stands.
Danish spectators waved Greenlandish flags, a symbolic gesture in the context of Trump's ambitions on this Danish territory.
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