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  • The IOC in Canada doesn't like our boxing kangaroo

    02/04/2010 7:02:16 PM PST · by myknowledge · 6 replies · 396+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | February 5, 2010 | Carly Crawford
    IT'S a symbol of Australia's fighting spirit. Now the Boxing Kangaroo is at the centre of an international incident, with the International Olympic Committee ordering it taken down from the Winter Games athletes' village in Vancouver. It can be revealed that IOC officials ordered the green and gold flag be removed just 24 hours after it was draped over a balcony - because it was deemed to be "too commercial". But the Aussies are defying the IOC order and are determined to keep the flag flying. "Someone from the IOC is objecting because it's our team mascot," an Australian source...