Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Melanie Schlanger and Brittany Elmslie of Australia celebrate after they won the final of the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay. Picture: Adam Pretty / Getty Images Source: Getty Images
AUSTRALIANS love banter, especially when it comes to sport.
But every so often someone crosses that line. We reckon US comedian Jenny Johnson has crossed that line.
Every stand-up needs material and it's no surprise to learn that the Olympics is the flavour of the month.
Today Johnson, a self-proclaimed "mother of two, a***hole", with more than 240,000 Twitter followers, targeted the Australian swim team.
"I bet the female Australian swimmers have amazing co**s."
She probably made this joke because: a) the Olympics is an easy card to play and; b) we're really, really good at swimming.
There's no denying she made an impact, though, with 200 retweets and 140 favourites.
We guess even TV stars get jealous.
Meanwhile, Switzerland footballer Michel Morganella faces being expelled from the London Olympics for allegedly sending a racist message on Twitter.
Swiss Olympic committee spokesman Christof Kaufmann told The AP that team chief Gian Gilli was considering the case.
Swiss media report that Morganella posted an offensive message about South Korean people after the Swiss team lost 2-1 to South Korea on Sunday.
Swiss daily Le Matin published images of a tweet from the account (at)morgastoss which has since been deleted.
The 23-year-old defender would become the second Olympic athlete kicked off a team for offensive Twitter comments.
Greece dropped triple jumper Voula Papachristou last week after a comment mocking African immigrants.
- with The Associated Press
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