Voula Papachristou
Posted
7/26/2012 8:10:00 AM
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Triple jumper, Voula Papachristou has been expelled from Greece's Olympic team for making racist comments on her personal Twitter account. Her offensive remarks makes her the first athlete sanctioned from the Olympics for a social media offence.
Papachristou wrote online, "with so many Africans in Greece, at least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food". After being removed from Greece's Olympic team, Papachristou made an apology on her Twitter account. Did the punishment fit the crime? Is the penalty way too severe? Did the Greek Olympic team make the right move by removing her from the team?
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