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EU bureaucrats have sparked fresh outrage after taking credit for Britain's record-breaking haul of Olympic medals by placing itself TOP of the podium and REMOVING Team GB.
The official European Parliament Twitter account tweeted its "huge congratulations" to the European winners at the 2016 Rio games.
Attached was a graphic placing an EU Olympian at the peak of the podium combining all 325 medals into one federal superstate haul.
Sidelining Britain's incredible medal winners, including cyclists Jason Kenny and Laura Trott, boxer Nicola Adams and runner Mo Farah, the European Parliament boasted the EU had trounced the US' 121 medals and China's 70.
Team GB won 27 Golds, compared with the US who managed 46
The gloating post failed to acknowledge Britain's individual success at the games, where Team GB landed 67 medals including 27 golds, beating China - who only bagged 26 golds - to second place for the first time.
Furious Team GB supporters hit out at the blatant glory stealing.
One Twitter user wrote "team GBR made it happen. Sad sad EU", while another said: "You can leave the UK medals off that list as we in the UK are very proud of our own achievements helped by LOTTERY FUNDING!!"
But others came to the EU's defence, saying the bloc had helped fund sports in the UK.
Disagreements over the EU and the Olympics have even extended to the athletes, with cyclist Callum Skinner asking Leave.EU to remove an image of him to promote their campaign.
The row first erupted last week when the EU Parliament placed itself at the top of an online Rio 2016 medal table, leaving team GB off the grid.
MedalTracker.eu was produced by the Berlin-based agency Euro Informationen, which works for both the European Commission and European Parliament.
The website admits the table, which was also produced for the 2012 Games in London, is not "entirely fair" on countries outside the EU.
Ukip MEP Jane Collins claimed Brussels had erased the achievements of Britain's sporting heroes, including Bradley Wiggins, Max Whitlock and Andy Murray.
The Government has insisted that leaving the EU will not adversely affect UK Sport's budget, which is in line for £148m worth of funding in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
But cutting ties with Brussels could bring to an end the roughly £2.4million in Erasmus grants that the EU awards to seven UK sports projects.
UK Sport did not respond to Express.co.uk request for comment.
SOURCE: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/70...EU-parliament-tweets-without-Team-GB-27-Golds
EU bureaucrats have sparked fresh outrage after taking credit for Britain's record-breaking haul of Olympic medals by placing itself TOP of the podium and REMOVING Team GB.
The official European Parliament Twitter account tweeted its "huge congratulations" to the European winners at the 2016 Rio games.
Attached was a graphic placing an EU Olympian at the peak of the podium combining all 325 medals into one federal superstate haul.
Sidelining Britain's incredible medal winners, including cyclists Jason Kenny and Laura Trott, boxer Nicola Adams and runner Mo Farah, the European Parliament boasted the EU had trounced the US' 121 medals and China's 70.
Team GB won 27 Golds, compared with the US who managed 46
The gloating post failed to acknowledge Britain's individual success at the games, where Team GB landed 67 medals including 27 golds, beating China - who only bagged 26 golds - to second place for the first time.
Furious Team GB supporters hit out at the blatant glory stealing.
One Twitter user wrote "team GBR made it happen. Sad sad EU", while another said: "You can leave the UK medals off that list as we in the UK are very proud of our own achievements helped by LOTTERY FUNDING!!"
But others came to the EU's defence, saying the bloc had helped fund sports in the UK.
Disagreements over the EU and the Olympics have even extended to the athletes, with cyclist Callum Skinner asking Leave.EU to remove an image of him to promote their campaign.
The row first erupted last week when the EU Parliament placed itself at the top of an online Rio 2016 medal table, leaving team GB off the grid.
MedalTracker.eu was produced by the Berlin-based agency Euro Informationen, which works for both the European Commission and European Parliament.
The website admits the table, which was also produced for the 2012 Games in London, is not "entirely fair" on countries outside the EU.
Ukip MEP Jane Collins claimed Brussels had erased the achievements of Britain's sporting heroes, including Bradley Wiggins, Max Whitlock and Andy Murray.
The Government has insisted that leaving the EU will not adversely affect UK Sport's budget, which is in line for £148m worth of funding in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
But cutting ties with Brussels could bring to an end the roughly £2.4million in Erasmus grants that the EU awards to seven UK sports projects.
UK Sport did not respond to Express.co.uk request for comment.
SOURCE: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/70...EU-parliament-tweets-without-Team-GB-27-Golds
