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:
Source: @papaxristoutj
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.
Source: insidethegames.biz