Greece expels Olympic athlete over racist tweets

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Greece removed Voula Papachristou from London Olympics squad over her racist Twitters.

25 July,2012 06:53 pm

er.He mocked African immigrants and expressed support for a far-right party.The Hellenic Olympic Committee says in a statement Wednesday that Papachristou was dropped from the Olympic team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement.Papachristou is in Athens. The committee says she was to travel to London shortly before the track events start.