Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before: Olympic Athlete Kicked Out Of Games For Tweet

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Michael Morganella, a defender on the Swiss Olympic soccer squad, has been kicked off the team for an offensive tweet about South Koreans, hours after losing to the country’s team. Five days ago, Voula Papachristou, Greece’s triple-jump champion, was kicked off her team for an offensive tweet about West Nile virus.

Morganella’s Twitter account, @morgastoss, has been deleted, but Swiss newspaper Le Matin grabbed a shot of the tweet.

The tweet is difficult to translate, as it is written in a rough mix of French and textspeak, but he tells all Koreans to “burn yourselves,” calling them a “bunch of ‘tards.”

Morganella released a statement through Swiss Olympic, “I am sincerely sorry for the people of South Korea, for the players, but equally for the Swiss delegation and Swiss football in general. It’s clear that I’m accepting the consequences”.

He “discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korea football team as well as the South Korean people,” said Swiss Olympic team chief Gian Gilli through a translator at a news conference, explaining that Morganella had been removed from the team.

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