Oly: German skiers wear caps with Belgian colours

AAP Sports News (Australia), February, 2006

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 02-16-2006 Oly: German skiers wear caps with Belgian colours FRANKFURT, Feb 15 Reuters - Some 30 German skiers at the Winter Olympics have to wear caps in Belgian national colours after team sponsor Adidas supplied them with the wrong gear. An Adidas spokesman said today the firm had provided German athletes in biathlon and Nordic combined with caps in Belgium's black-gold-red instead of Germany's black-red-gold. "We regret this technical mistake and do apologise to all athletes," Jan Runau said, adding that caps with the right colours would now be produced but not arrive until next week. Among German athletes competing in the caps were Martina Glagow, who won bronze at the women's biathlon 15 km on Monday, German...

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