Greece Expels Three Olympians for Drugs and Tweeting

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Greece Expels Three Olympians for Drugs and Tweeting

Andy Dabilis

(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)
FILE - The March 11, 2012 file photo shows Greece's Dimitrios Chondrokoukis celebrating winning the gold in the Men's High Jump final at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Chondrokoukis' father confirmed to Greek media Friday, July 26, 2012 that his son failed a doping test.

ATHENS – As the 2012 London Olympics were set to open, Greece’s squad lost world indoor high jump champion Dimitris Chondrokoukis and 3,000- meter runner Irene Kokkinariou for failing doping tests, while triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was booted off the team for sending a racist tweet on Twitter about African immigrants in Greece.

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July 27, 2012

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3 readers comments


1. Philip Vorgias wrote on July 27, 2012 11:39 AM	The drug issues I can understand, but booting someone off the team for a tasteless joke is WAY over the top. She probably spent years preparing for this Olympics. One more the Greek leadership shows it's Poltically Correct to a fault. Nauseating.

2. Niko Seretis wrote on July 27, 2012 4:50 PM	Agreed Philip. The joke was tasteless but still a joke. Their is no racism in Greece against Africans. They have become great citizens of Greece establishing private schools in Athens and their children are excelling in academics. This girl got royally screwed.

3. Barbara Colessides wrote on July 31, 2012 2:53 PM	One - discretion is the better part of valor. Two - it is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak (in this case, tweet) and remove all doubt! These silly kids just can't get it through their thick, Internet-addled, skulls that if you post something on blogs, Facebook, or Twitter, it is out there for the world to see. Sorry, but kala na pathei - as baloume oloi myalo!
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