JAPAN: THE DEFEATED U.S. ICE HOCKEY TEAM CAUSE DAMAGE IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE AFTER BEING BEATEN BY THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Record ID: 988854

  • Title: JAPAN: THE DEFEATED U.S. ICE HOCKEY TEAM CAUSE DAMAGE IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE AFTER BEING BEATEN BY THE CZECH REPUBLIC
  • Date: 20th February 1998
  • Summary: NAGANO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 20, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF OLYMPIC VILLAGE/ BALCONY WITH U.S. FLAG/ WIDE OF VILLAGE 2. UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS MIKE MORAN SAYING IT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND ALL THE THINGS YOU'D NORMALLY EXPECT, BUT IS IT SERIOUS? IN TERMS OF DOLLARS...NO. IS IT SERIOUS IN TERMS OF HOW IT AFFECTS THE DELEGATION? YES. ATHLETES WERE AWAKENED WHO WERE AWAITING COMPETITION THE NEXT DAY. WE LOOK TO OUR TEAMS TO POLICE THEMSELVES TO ENSURE...NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAD TALKED WITH THAT TEAM VERY CLOSELY AFTER THE LOSS TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND OUR OFFICIALS HAD SAID TO THEM... THIS IS A TOUGH MOMENT FOR YOU GUYS BUT TONIGHT DON'T MAKE IT WORSE IN ANY WAY...THE WAY WE DO WITH EVERY TEAM. BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN (ENGLISH) 3. USA OLYMPIC COMMITTEE POSTER 4. MORAN SAYING WE'VE HAD A VERY VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH NAOC FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS, THE INCIDENT IS NOT GOING TO DAMAGE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S. DELEGATION AND NAOC. BUT WE'RE INCREDIBLY SORRY THAT IT HAPPENED AND SURPRISED AT THE ORIGIN OF THE INCIDENT (ENGLISH) NAGANO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 10, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 5. USA OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE START OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES/ JOURNALISTS/ TEAM SEATED NAGANO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 20, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 6. NEWS CONFERENCE 7. NAOC MEDIA HEAD KO YAMAGUCHI SAYING "THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE ITSELF IS VERY GOOD CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THEM, WE PREPARED GOOD CIRCUMSTANCES. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS LIKE THIS IT IS REGRETTABLE. BUT I HOPE IT CAN BE RESOLVED IN A PEACEFUL WAY (ENGLISH) 8. VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NAGANO, JAPAN
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  • Country: Japan
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