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GREEK TRIPLE JUMPER WITHDRAWN FOR RACIST TWEET

Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympics on Wednesday after causing an uproar at home for a tweet slammed as racist, the Greek Olympics team said.

Greek triple jumper withdrawn for racist tweet
Posted 26.07.2012 13:21:26 UTC
Updated 26.07.2012 13:21:26 UTC

"With so many Africans in Greece... the West Nile mosquitoes will at least eat homemade food!!!" she had posted on her Twitter account. Reuters

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