Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee has decided that U.S. goalie Jessie Vetter can't wear a custom mask featuring a quote from the U.S. Constitution to next month's Winter Games, because the Olympic charter prohibits any form of "publicity or propaganda" on athletes' clothing or equipment.
Graphics artist Ron Slater had designed the mask, which also happened to have been covered in gold leafing, that bore words from the Preamble to the Constitution.
U.S. goaltender @Vetter31 has real gold on her new 2014 Sochi Olympics mask by @MaskPaint: http://t.co/RWIuZc1LZw pic.twitter.com/is5BFloWWk
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