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edited July 2012 in R & R (Religion and Race)
Olympics 2012: Greece kicks triple-jumper Voula Papachristou off team for mocking African immigrants on Twitter

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With a 140 character message, triple jumper Voula Papachristou leaped her way out of the London Olympics and into an international spotlight she did not anticipate.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee expelled Papachristou from the team after the 23-year-old Greek mocked African immigrants on her Twitter account. The committee said that Papachristou was "placed outside the Olympic team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic Movement."

While gearing up for her first Olympic games on Sunday, Papachristou commented on the reported influx of West Nile mosquitos in Athens. She tweeted in Greek, "With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!" Her tweet provoked a bevy of ill responses, and many Greeks called for her dismissal from the Olympic team.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/olympics-2012/olympics-2012-greece-kicks-triple-jumper-voula-papachristou-team-mocking-african-immigrants-twitter-article-1.1121461#ixzz21j0w0JtX

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