Let’s Just Call Them The Twitter Olympics

There are so many stories about how the London 2012 Olympics have been shaped by the happenings on Twitter, it’s starting to get ridiculous.

• It started off with Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou getting kicked off the Greek team for racist comments on Twitter.
• Not to be outdone, Swiss soccer player Michel Morganella has been sent home for tweeting that South Koreans should “burn themselves” and are “retards.”
• U.S. soccer goalie Hope Solo got into a Twitter war of words with former player turned commentator Brandi Chastain.
• Journalist at The Independent has Twitter account suspended after complaining about NBC’s coverage of London 2012 Olympics
• During the cycling finals the use of Twitter by spectators jammed up GPS communications so severely that the broadcasters lost the ability to track riders.

That’s quite a list and we’re just a few days into the Games.

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Posted by Doug Johnson on July 30, 2012.
Filed under Sports.
Tagged with: 2012 Summer Olympics • London Olympics • olympics.
Doug Johnson is a news junkie and long time blog reader, turned author.

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