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Swiss player was expelled from the Olympic team because of racist comments 31.07.2012

The Swiss player Michel Morganela was excluded from the composition of the national Olympic team in the country because of racist comments in "Twitter".
23-year Morganela address discriminatory, threatening and insulting words to the players of the Republic of Korea after losing with 1:2 from the Asian Games team in London on Sunday.

Thus he became the second athlete who had been expelled from the Olympics because of racist comments in "Twitter" after the Greek athlete in triple jump Papahristu Voula.

"I sincerely regret for my actions and apologize to the people of Korea and the players on the team. I accept the consequences for my actions and accept the punishment, "said Morganela today.

"After a disappointing loss and subsequent reaction of the players from Korea, I made a huge mistake," he added.



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