Argentina has risked stirring up political controversy with Britain ahead of the Olympics by broadcasting a video of an athlete training on the disputed Falkland Islands which it describes as "Argentine soil".
"To compete on English soil, we train on Argentine soil," is the slogan closing the advert aired on Wednesday night with Fernando Zylberberg of the Argentine men's hockey team on a training run past several landmarks on the British-held islands.
Controversy is already raging about the advert, with The Sun's front page on Friday accusing Argentina of "dancing on our graves", referring to Zylberberg using the steps of a British war memorial in his training.
Ian Hansen of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly called it "cheap propaganda", while Falklands veteran Simon Weston said the film - which was made without permission from island authorities - was "as low as it gets".
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