Flags, personal items banned at medals ceremonies

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Associated Press
Publication Date: 
Thu, 2010-08-19 22:28

Pal Schmitt, a member of the International Olympic Committee, says he made his proposal to IOC president Jacques Rogge and the games organizing committee to try and prevent "exaggerated nationalist manifestations."
Schmitt, a former two-time Olympic fencing champion in team events who was sworn in on Aug. 6 as Hungary's president, returned from a visit to the Youth Olympics this week.
 

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