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A talented butterflyer, holding the national record for Greece in both the wmen&#8217;s 50-meter and 100-meter butterfly, Vourna was invited to the Games after posting what is considered a &#8220;B&#8221; cut standard time.<\/p>\n<p>Vourna competed for her home country Greece at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 100-meter butterfly where she finished 12th overall. The 24-year-old received a formal invitation from FINA on July 6th to compete at her second Olympic Games just to have the invitation retracted eight days later with a statement that she was &#8220;actually not qualified and that it was a FINA mistake that had originally led to the invitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After realizing their error FINA issued an apology and invited Vourna to attend the Olympic Games&#8230;as a tourist. The angered Olympian responded bitterly, stating, &#8220;Unfortunately people&#8217;s mistakes are always paid by other people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dimitris Diathesopoulos<\/strong>, head of the Greek federation and a member of FINA&#8217;s bureau, sent waves of anger at FINA noting that &#8220;an athlete&#8217;s biggest dream is to take part in the Olympic Games. No one can retract such a thing. It is unforgivable and it can ruin the soul and the vision of an athlete.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The full article from Ekathimerini.com can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/210533\/article\/ekathimerini\/sports\/now-you-go-to-rio-now-you-dont\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An administrative error from swimming&#8217;s governing body FINA has cost former Alabama swimmer and Greek national swimmer,\u00a0Kristel Vourna, a trip to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. 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