Greece has dropped triple jumper Voula Papachristou from its Olympic team over her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party.

The Hellenic Olympic Committee said Papachristou lost her place "for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement."

Papachristou is in Athens. She was to travel to London shortly before the track events started.

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