Greek triple jumper champion Voula Papachristou&rsquo;s expulsion from the London Olympics 2012 for posting racist and offensive comments about Africans on Twitter, has angered her supporters in Greece. &ldquo;With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat home made food!&rdquo; ABC News quoted Papachristou, as tweeting. Papachristou, a supporter of the far-right political party Golden Dawn, who posted the offensive tweet two days ago, claimed that it was &lsquo;just a joke&rsquo;. The Hellenic Olympic Committee reportedly came under pressure to take action against 23-year-old Papachristou, and expelled her citing &quot;comments that go against the values and ideals of Olympism.&quot; <img alt="Voula" src="/imagedata/2012/jul/voula26july_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 751px; " /> Voulau00a0Papachristou. Photo: AFP The head of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Isidoros Kouvelos, said that Papachristou had &ldquo;showed no respect for the basic Olympian value&rdquo; in her latest tweet. However, the expulsion was slammed by supporters in Greece and abroad, who flocked to social-networking sites to defend Papachristou, who finished 11th in June&#39;&#39;s European championships in Helsinki with a 13.89-meter jump, but did not reach the 2011 world championship final. Papachristou also took to social media sites Facebook and Twitter to apologise for the &ldquo;unfortunate and tasteless joke&rdquo;, adding that she was sorry and ashamed for the negative responses, especially to her family and coach George Pomaski. &ldquo;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,&rdquo; she admitted. Papachristou&#39;&#39;s coach claimed that the expulsion was an &lsquo;overreaction&rsquo;, especially considering Papachristou&#39;&#39;s apology. While many argued that the tweet was misinterpreted or simply not offensive, others said Papachristou should be forgiven because she has apologized for her mistake. Papachristou&#39;&#39;s apology quickly garnered more than 800 &quot;likes&quot;, while Facebook groups demanded for her reinstatement in the team.u00a0

Olympian athlete Voula's supporters are enraged post her expulsion after she put up a racist tweet on Africans.

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