Paraskevi Papachristou was kicked off the Greek Olympic team after Twitter faux pas.

Twitter can be a very useful tool.  There are a lot of entertaining, informative Twitter feeds out there, but when Twitter goes wrong, it can go very wrong.  People solve grudges on Twitter and spread a lot of misinformation, and nobody knows that mistake quite like a former member of the Greek Olympic team.  Triple-jumper Paraskevi “Voula” Papachristou has been kicked off the Greek Olympic team after tweeting a racist joke.

Here’s the joke that got Voula’s Olympic dreams crushed:  “With so many Africans in Greece, at least the mosquitoes of West Nile will eat homemade food!!!”

Papachristou is only 23, and London was her first Olympics, so she’s understandably upset at the ban, administered by the Hellenic Delegations’ Administration Board.  Papachristou was not expected to compete for a medal in her event, but that’s not really the point. After all, she’s one of the best in the world at her event simply for making the Olympics; she’s apologized for her tweets, but was kicked off the Greek team anyway, which seems a bit harsh.  I can’t help but feel this is slightly political; Papachristou supports the Golden Dawn, a right-wing party, while a left-wing coalition currently rules Greece.

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