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Italian athletes urged to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympics

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Maurizio Gasparri, former communications minister and currently senate leader for the Pdl party, didn’t mince his words - for once.
Referring to the high-profile decision by German Athlete, Imke Duplitzer, to boycott the opening ceremony - though not the games themselves - Gasparri said today:
“The gesturee of the German athlete Imke Duplitzer, who has announced she [...]