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Olympic axe for hockey player in Falklands ad

The Argentinian Olympic athlete who sparked outrage after he was shown in an ad doing step-ups on a British war memorial in the Falklands is set to miss the London Games

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Hockey player Fernando Zylberberg has been quietly ditched from the team ahead of their final warm-up event in Malaysia, later this month.

His surprise exclusion comes after he received threats on social networking sites for starring in the Falklands ad.

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