The Tweet That Got An Athlete Expelled From The Olympics

How one track and field athlete punched her ticket home.

1. This is 23-Year-Old Greek triple-jumper Paraskevi “Voula” Papachristou. She earned a spot to compete at this summer’s Olympics in London.

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9G9dEN4zNEI.

Source: youtube.com

2. But then on Sunday she tweeted the following:

Source: @papaxristoutj

3. This roughly translates to:

(Translation via Google)

Image by AP / AP

4. The comment caused an uproar in Greece and Papachristou was removed from the Olympic team.

Source: insidethegames.biz

5. She has since taken to Twitter to apologize.

This apology was posted in both English and Greek.

Source: twitlonger.com