Tag: Gerardo Werthein

Gerardo Werthein
Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 02:32 UTC

Malvinas/Olympic ad Argentine hockey player left out of Games warm-up in Malaysia

Zylberberg, the face of the controversial spot misses the warm-up

The Argentine hockey player filmed training on the Falkland Islands in a controversial video that caused a furor in Britain last week has been dropped from Argentina’s final Olympic Games warm-up event.

Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 17:46 UTC

Argentine Olympic Committee releases watered down statement on Malvinas spot

Gerardo Werthein: using the games as a platform for “political gestures” is not acceptable but defends the right to freedom of speech for his athletes

The Argentine Olympic Committee has responded for the first time to an advertisement on state-run TV that links a dispute with Britain about the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to the London Games.

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