Greek sent home for racist tweet

Published on 26/07/2012 00:46

ATHLETICS: A Greek athlete was excluded from her country’s Olympic team following a remark about African immigrants posted on her Twitter website.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced the decision despite an apology by the athlete, triple jumper Voula Papachristou. The Hellenic Olympic Committee said: “Following the decision of the Hellenic Delegations’ Administration Board, the triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou, is suspended after her comments that go against to the values and ideals of Olympism.”

In a message published earlier on her Facebook site, Papachristou apologised for her remarks. She wrote: “I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless joke I published on my personal Twitter account.”