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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Greek athlete loses Olympic dream over online chatter


Christian Science Monitor

Greek athlete loses Olympic dream over online chatter
Los Angeles Times
A Greek triple jumper lost her spot in the Olympics on Wednesday after tweeting what she later called an "unfortunate and tasteless joke" about Africans in Greece. Voula Papachristou had been pilloried for joking Sunday on Twitter, "With so many ...
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