Olympian Banned for Racist Tweet | Thursday 26 July, 2012
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By Daniel Clark

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have an early candidate for the stupidest act in the London Olympics...

It comes in the form of Greek triple-jumper, Voula Papachristou, who has been kicked out of the Olympics overnight for a racist tweet about Africans. In what appears to be an absolute brainfade, 23-year-old Papachristou tweeted that;

"With so many Africans in Greece, at least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food"

Despite deleting the message after a huge public backlash, the Hellenic Olympic Committee decided to drop the blonde bombshell from the squad.

#stupid

DJC

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