The Tweet That Got An Athlete Expelled From The Olympics

How one track and field athlete punched her ticket home.

This is 23-Year-Old Greek triple-jumper Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou. She earned a spot to compete at this summer's Olympics in London.

Source: youtube.com

But then on Sunday she tweeted the following:

But then on Sunday she tweeted the following:

Source: @papaxristoutj

This roughly translates to:

This roughly translates to:

(Translation via Google)

Image by AP / AP

The comment caused an uproar in Greece and Papachristou was removed from the Olympic team.

The comment caused an uproar in Greece and Papachristou was removed from the Olympic team.

Source: insidethegames.biz


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