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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Canada's women's ice hockey team celebrate Olympic gold - with champagne, beer and cigars

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After the Canadians beat the United States 2-0 on and were given their gold medals, 14 players returned to the ice
Photograph: LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian hockey: Canadian ice hockey team
Other Olympians playfully wondered what they could do to top the Canadian women's celebration, which included players pouring drinks into each other's mouths and posing in front of the Olympic logos
Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA
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Along with their other team-mates, Marie-Philip Poulin, Kim St-Pierre and Charline Labonte drank beer on the ice with their gold medals
Photograph: Scott Gardner/AP
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Canadian Olympic Committee president Michael Chambers said: 'It was nothing more than an error of judgment committed at the exciting time of winning a gold medal.'
Photograph: Robert Ghement
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Hockey Canada apologised in a statement several hours after the match and said it regrets any embarrassment to the IOC or Canadian organizers
Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA
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'In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn't have,' the statement said. 'Our players and team vow to uphold the values of the Olympics moving forward and view this situation as a learning experience.'
Photograph: Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images
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