Greece's Voula Papachristou expelled from Olympics

Greece's Voula Papachristou expelled from Olympics

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Paraskevi "Voula" Papachristou is ‘bitter and upset’ after a racist tweet gets her kicked out of Olympics.

Greece's Voula Papachristou lands in the sand after her jump at the Women's Triple Jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, in this file photo dated Friday, June 29, 2012. The Hellenic Olympic Committee has removed triple jumper Voula Papachristou from the team taking part in the upcoming London Olympic Games over comments she made on Twitter making fun of African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. “The track and field athlete Paraskevi (Voula) Papachristou is placed outside the Olympic Team for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement,” a statement by the Hellenic Olympic Committee says. Papachristou is in Athens, and was to travel to London “shortly before the track events start,” the announcement says. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)

Day 2 Pictures from London

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Jun Hoong Cheong of Malaysia compete in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard final on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre at Aquatics Centre on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Laura Svilpaite of Lithuania competes on the beam in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team qualification on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

WEYMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson of Great Britain in action during the Star class race at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Weymouth & Portland Venue at Weymouth Harbour on July 29, 2012 in Weymouth, England. (Photo by Richard Langdon/Getty Images)

Aly Raisman In a stunning last-second turn of events, defending world all-around champion Jordyn Wieber was been shut out of the Olympic all-around finals.

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The U.S. women looked steady on their way to leading the qualifying rounds. But emotions ran high when Jordyn Wieber, 2011 World Champ, failed to qualify for the all-around final.

Chen Xu of China looks on against Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Gohon of Malaysia during their Mixed Doubles Badminton on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Arena on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Sabine Lisicki of Germany slips on the grass and falls to the floor during the Women's Singles Tennis match against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Sun, Lochte lead 200 free qualifying - Yahoo! Sports

Sun, Lochte lead 200 free qualifying - Yahoo! Sports:

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LONDON (AP) -- Sun Yang of China and Ryan Lochte of the United States were back in the pool Sunday as the top two qualifiers in the 200-meter freestyle hours after their gold-medal efforts at the London Olympics.

Sun was fastest in 1 minute, 46.24 seconds coming off his victory in the 400 free on Saturday.
"I'll try to do my best, but the 200 freestyle is not my best event," he said. "It's more difficult for me compared to the 400 meters or the 1,500 meters."

Lochte was second at 1:46.45, having won the 400 individual medley on the first night of Olympic swimming.
"I didn't get to bed until like 2 a.m. so I'm a little tired, but it was a prelims swim, so I'm not too worried about it," said Lochte, who was out celebrating with his family.

Yannick Agnel of France was third at 1:46.60. Also advancing was Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, who finished second behind Sun in the 400 IM after initially being disqualified in the prelims and then reinstated. Park was fifth-fastest at 1:46.79.

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London's Official Logo for the 2012 Olympic Games

There was a lot of controversy about the logo, when it's design was to be approved by the IOC, Iran was protesting it for a very sound reason. The Logo can be re-arranged into the word "Zion"

May god be with us all! Amen!

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates win

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Alejandro Falla of Colombia during their men's Singles Tennis match on Day 1 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wimbledon on 28 July.

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