Raising the flag
NZPA-AFP Moscow British swimmer Philip Hubble became the first athlete at the Moscow Games to see the Olympic flag raised when ; he mounted the medals podium on Sunday. The white banner with five interlaced rings went up -instead of the Union Jack, in accordance, with the-British Olympic Committee’s .decision not to have the national, flag raised.. . Hubble, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly, said that he would have been happier to see the British flag flying at the -awards ceremony.
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