Fear of a hostile reaction has led US officials to warn its participants in the Games against overtly patriotic displaysBy Simon Hart in New York (Filed: 16/05/2004) American athletes have been warned not to wave the US flag during their medal celebrations at this summer's Olympic Games in Athens for fear of provoking crowd hostility and harming the country's already battered public image. The spectacle of victorious athletes grabbing a national flag and parading it around the stadium is a familiar part of international sporting competition, but US Olympic officials have ordered their 550-strong team to exercise restraint and avoid...