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on February 8, 2026, 8:22 am
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US and Team Israel booed at Winter Olympics opening ceremony
THE US and Team Israel were booed at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Thousands of athletes and spectators gathered at San Siro stadium in Milan to welcome the official start of the Milano Cortina games on Saturday.
It is the 25th edition of the Winter Olympics, and the first time that a games has had two host cities.
The games had already been faced with controversy before the opening ceremony began, amid protests over the presence of US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents and reports ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further.
Friday's four-hour opening ceremony saw the likes of Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli take to the stage as organisers promoted a message of peace and "armonia" (harmony).
Yet moments after the American team walked into the stadium, US vice-president JD Vance – who was in attendance at the opening ceremony and appeared fleetingly on the stadium screens – was heartily booed by spectators...
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25834768.israel-us-booed-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony/
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