Olympians Banned Due to Racist Tweets

Voula Papachristou

Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou was recently banned from the Olympics after a controversial tweet.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee claimed Papachristou was “placed outside the Olympic team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement.”

Isidoros Kouvelos, head of Greece’s Olympic mission, added, “We are not here just to get medals, but to promote the Olympic ideals, to show our character. It’s the same as violating fair play.”

Voula Papachristou tweeted: “With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!”

Papachristou is also a vocal supporter of the Golden Dawn, a radical far-right political party which has received as much as seven percent of the popular vote in recent Greek elections.

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