Followers elevate Greenland’s flag to protest US Olympic hockey win over Denmark

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Throughout Workforce USA's comeback males's hockey win over Denmark on the Winter Olympics, two followers raised the flag of Greenland within the stands to protest President Donald Trump's intent to acquire Greenland for the U.S.

The flag was raised enthusiastically after Denmark took an early lead. Nevertheless, the U.S. got here again to win the game 6-3.

Vita Kalniņa and her husband Alexander Kalniņš, followers of the Latvian hockey crew who stay in Germany, held up a big Greenland flag throughout warmups and once more when the Danish crew scored the opening objective of the preliminary spherical recreation towards the U.S., which finally beat Denmark 6-3.

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America' Brady Tkachuk, proper, challenges Denmark's Oliver Bjorkstrand throughout a preliminary spherical match of males's ice hockey on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photograph/Petr David Josek)

"We're Europeans, and I feel as Europeans we should maintain collectively," Kalniņš advised The Related Press.

"The Greenlandic folks determine what is going to occur with Greenland, however, as it's now, Greenland is part of the Danish kingdom and, as Greenland is part of Denmark, as on this case, we help each nations towards the U.S."

A Danish fan on the recreation, Dennis Petersen, stated, "It doesn’t matter no matter sport it's — it may very well be tennis, it may very well be bobsledding, it may be ice hockey, it may very well be soccer — it has nothing to do with politics. … They're athletes, not politicians."

An American fan on the recreation, Rem de Rohan, stated, "I feel that is the time for folks to form of put that down and compete nation versus nation and revel in," he stated. "We love rooting on each nation that’s been right here."

Followers on social media had their very own reactions to the flag show and the results of the sport.

"Now that the USA is up 4-2 might we place a wager that if the USA wins the sport, Denmark offers up Greenland?" one fan wrote in response to the flag.

One fan wrote, "Workforce USA received, can we get Greenland now?"

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America' Jack Eichel, second proper, celebrates after scoring his crew’s third objective throughout a preliminary spherical match of males's ice hockey towards Denmark on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photograph/Petr David Josek)

One other fan equally stated, "How did that prove? we received, we get greenland now."

Some American conservative influencers used the U.S. victory as a springboard to make viral jokes about annexing Greenland.

The comeback victory by the U.S. appeared unsure early within the recreation.

After trailing 2-1 by the primary interval, the Individuals dominated on offense to take a 6-3 victory over Denmark Saturday within the Milan Cortina Olympic Games .

The Individuals scored three unanswered targets to open the second interval, with 4 Nations hero Brady Tkachuk (Ottawa Senators), Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights) and Noah Hanifin (Vegas Golden Knights) discovering the again of the web.

Each units of brothers on the crew — Brady and Matthew Tkachuk and Jack and Quinn Hughes — every had some extent within the contest. Fourteen gamers had factors for the Individuals with a unique objective scorer every time the lamp was lit.

The Individuals had 47 pictures on objective in comparison with Denmark's 21.

The U.S. ends preliminary play Sunday with a game against Germany at 3:10 p.m. ET. The Individuals will as soon as once more be heavy favorites, and a victory will put them into the knockout stage.

The Individuals may also go proper to the knockout stage with an additional time loss. With a regulation loss, their destiny can be decided by Canada's recreation towards France and level differentials with Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.

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However as a heavy favourite towards a German crew with simply eight NHL gamers, the U.S. might not want to fret.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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