Voula Papachristou has been expelled from the Greek Olympic Team for a racist tweet, according to the Associated Press. Who’s Voula Papchristo? you might ask. Well she’s a very photogenic triple jumper for the Greece Track and Field national team. But she’s also quite the racist.
The website Keep Talking Greece translated the extremely offensive tweet by Papachristou (@papaxristoutj):
“With so many Africans in Greece… At least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat home made food!!!”
Yeah, a really dumb thing to say. And not very funny at all. You see why she was dismissed from the team. Papachristou tweeted an apology in English today, but here’s her entire complete apology below:
I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless joke I published on my personal Twitter account. I am very sorry and ashamed for the negative responses I triggered, since I never wanted to offend anyone, or to encroach human rights.
My dream is connected to the Olympic Games and I could not possibly participate if I did not respect their values. Therefore, I could never believe in discrimination between human beings and races.
I would like to apologize to all my friends and fellow athletes, who I may have insulted or shamed, the National Team, as well as the people and companies who support my athletic career. Finally, I would like to apologize to my coach and my family.
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