Fans who raised Greenland flag at US-Denmark Olympic hockey game say it was pro-European gesture скачать в хорошем качестве

Fans who raised Greenland flag at US-Denmark Olympic hockey game say it was pro-European gesture

(15 Feb 2026) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Milan, Italy - 14 February 2026 ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Pan of sign to fans going to men's hockey match between US and Denmark 2. American fans cheering 3. People walking to the venue 4. American fans posing for photo 5. Danish fans waving Danish and Greenlandic flags walking 6. Close of person waving Greenlandic flag 7. Various of Vita Kalniņa and her husband Alexander Kalniņš, fans of the Latvian hockey team, holding Greenlandic flag 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vita Kalniņa, Latvian hockey fan: "I hope that many Danish people will see the flag and would be felt supported that they are not alone in Europe. And me as a Latvian showing this flag that they're not alone, we are all Europeans." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Kalniņš, Latvian hockey fan: ++SHOT CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS SOUNDBITE++ "And even Greenlanders people, they can see that there are people in Europe who support it. If they want to stay independent, whether they want to stay with Denmark, we will support them. And it's not OK that Trump and America are this aggressive and try to incorporate the island into their country." 10. Various of people walking to the venue 11. Danish fan Dennis Petersen posing for photo with friends 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dennis Petersen, Danish fan: "This is sports, what politics has to do or climate and all those things has nothing to do with sports and it doesn't matter whatever sport it is, it could be tennis, it could be bobsledding, it can be ice hockey, it could be football, it has nothing to do with politics. They are athletes, not politicians." 13. Danish fans walking to the venue 14. Danish fans posing for photo 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Steen Petersen, Danish fan: "To me, I see it mostly as sports. We can have different opinions about politics, and we also know that there are lots of Americans who think different than the present administration. So we just see it as a game and we are good friends with all the people from the United States also coming here to the game. We have already met a lot of them and it's just good. It's just good atmosphere and everything, so no problem with that." 16. Various of American fans coming to the venue 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Rem de Rohan, American fan: "I do think politics should be left out of sports in the Olympics. I think this is the time for people to kind of put that down and compete country versus country and enjoy. We love rooting on every country that’s been here.” 18. American fans walking to the venue 19. Fans walking to the venue 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Ella Kuhlke, American fan: "I'm excited. I hope they're nice. I mean, I don't know, I'm not sure how they could be based on everything that's going on, but I hope that the spirit of the Olympics makes everyone kinder." 21. Various of people walking to the venue STORYLINE: Two fans who raised the flag of Greenland as the United States played Denmark in the men's hockey at the Winter Olympics on Saturday in Milan said 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 Greenland flag during warmups and again when the Danish team scored the opening goal of the preliminary round game against the U.S., which ultimately beat Denmark 6-3. "I hope that many Danish people will see the flag and would be felt supported that they are not alone in Europe," Kalniņa told The Associated Press. AP video by Kostya Manenkov Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...