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Originally Posted by octothorp
This issue makes me think of Daniel Igali's victory in Sydney. As a refugee who fled Nigeria, you got the sense that he took more pride and honour in his new Canadian identity than many long-time Canadians. Obviously two very different situations. If Igali had chosen to wave both the Canadian and Nigerian flag after winning, I wouldn't have been offended by it, but also it wouldn't have become one of the iconic moments in Canadian Olympic sports.
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holy crap, that was 12 years ago?! ... I'm too old.