Voula Papachristou Banned from the Olympics for Posting a Racist Tweet

A Greek athlete by the name of  (Voula Papachristou) was all set for the Olympics, but a completely tasteless and now deleted tweet has ruined her chances to compete in London. Here is the tweet from the triple jumper, via Breaking News:

The Tweet Translated in English reads;

With so many Africans in Greece…at least the mosquitoes from the west Nile are eating local food

The president of the Greek Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, decided to expel her from the Greek mission after word of the statement got out, and now the team has 104 competing athletes. She therefore made an apology

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