The Olympic Games are the largest international competitions in which athletes from all over the world have the right to take part. The rules of the Olympics prohibit discrimination against athletes on racial grounds, but individual athletes still violate this rule.
The London 2012 Olympic Games were marked by a couple of racist scandals. The Greek athlete Paraskevi Papahristu, on whom great hopes were pinned, did not even have time to get to London. This is because the athlete allowed herself to joke on her microblog about the number of black migrants in her home country, writing: "There are so many migrants from Africa in Greece that at least mosquitoes from the West Nile will eat homemade food." Later, the unlucky athlete publicly asked for forgiveness, calling her statement only an unsuccessful joke, but the Greek National Olympic Committee was relentless, leaving the athlete to watch the Olympic Games on TV.
The next racist scandal occurred directly at the Olympics itself. And it also included Twitter. This time, the Swiss footballer Michelle Morganella was caught in the impartial statements. After the match with the South Korean national team, in which the Koreans won with a score of 1: 2, the angry Swiss published a post on his microblog in which he described the mental abilities of South Koreans in impartial terms and expressed a desire to beat them. As a result, Morganella was expelled from his native team. Also, the athlete was deprived of his Olympic accreditation. For Switzerland, Michel Morganella was the main player of the national team. Nevertheless, the decision of the Swiss Olympic Committee was adamant. The footballer's Twitter account has now been deleted.
A less loud scandal motivated by racism happened due to the fault of the Lithuanian fans. Photos were published on the pages of the popular English newspaper Daily Mail, which show how a Lithuanian fan welcomes the appearance of black stewards, throwing up his hand in a fascist salute.
