http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004401679,00.html
EU claims it won Olympics
By TREVOR KAVANAGH
Political Editor
EURO chief Romano Prodi last night hailed Britain’s haul of Olympic gold as a triumph — for the European Union.
And he warned our athletes will have to fly the EU flag as well as the Union Jack at Beijing in 2008.
That would mean 800m and 1500m champion Kelly Holmes and boxing sensation Amir Khan would be battling for Brussels as much as Britain.
Medal table
(As Brussels sees it)
Europe: 82 golds
USA: 35
China: 32
Russia: 27
Australia: 17
Great Britain: 0*
*See contribution to EU
Mr Prodi turned the Athens games into a political football, boasting that our bag of 30 medals helped the EU trounce America and China.
He said: “The Games were a huge success thanks to their unique spirit and smooth organisation but also because EU athletes did so well.
“In 2008 I hope to see the teams in Beijing carry the flag of the European Union alongside their own national flag as a symbol of our unity.
“The European Union’s sportsmen and women performed outstandingly at Athens, winning 82 gold medals and more than 280 medals in total.”
Mr Prodi a failed Italian politician, is about to step down after a dismal term as EU president.
He has infuriated critics by spelling out his vision for an EU superstate, dubbed the “Holy Romano Empire”.
Mr Prodi’s grandiose plan for a Euro Olympic squad was backed by other Eurocrats.
Commission spokesman Reijo Kemppinen claimed: “The EU swept the floor at the Olympic Games.”
German Ingo Friedrich, vice-president of the Euro Parliament, insisted medals must be listed under the EU to “foster a European identity”.
But ex-sports minister Kate Hoey blasted the Prodi plan.
“Athletes feel very strong emotions when they represent their own country at the Olympics.
“We saw Amir Khan and other medal-winners kissing or crying into the Union Jack and Kelly Holmes was proud to be picked to parade the flag in the closing ceremony.
“Can anyone imagine them feeling that way about the EU banner?”
The one thing that brussels doesn't seem to bring to light is that the fairness of the EU having, what 30 teams? to get 82 gold medals vs the rest of us having 1 team each.... crackheads.
You look as lost as a bastard child on Fathers day.
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), I don't mean for you to take offense when I talk about the EU...(which I'm usually talking about the political apparatus)