Greek Olympian banned for posting a racist tweet

A Greek athlete by the name of βούλα Παπαχρήστου (Voula Papachristou) was all set for the Olympics, but a completely tasteless and now deleted tweet has ruined her chances to compete in London. Here is the tweet from the triple jumper, via
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Translated as:

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As you can see, this statement is hard to even comment on. Here’s her apology:

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The president of the Greek Olympic Committee, Spyros Kapralos, decided to expel her from the Greek mission after word of the statement got out, and now the team has 104 competing athletes.

Source: CNN