Former figure skater who lit Olympic Flame tweeted racist picture of Obamas last year

Sports Illustrated ^ | FEBRUARY 07, 2014 | Scooby Axson

[nickcarraway]

Former Russian figure skater Irina Rodnina was given the honor of lighting the Olympic flame at Sochi 2014′s Opening Ceremony on Friday, but she has started receiving attention for a racist photograph she tweeted last September.

[Secret Agent Man]

and how exactly is that racist?

now black people can’t be pictured with bananas?

[bigheadfred]

putin got nothing on you

[gaijin]

The photo is supposed to make me deeply angry against HER..?

He abandons men in the field who begged on the radio for 8 hours for rescue.

Yet OBAMA has been wronged..?

This is just the US media trying their multiKulti magic — “The party wronged deserves special consideration in recompense”.

Distasteful photo, sure, but he is WRONGED?

That’s ridiculous to any thinking person.

[C19fan]

Wait wait I thought Communists were all about brotherhood and fighting racism. So I guess competing for Commies all those years did not eliminate from Ms. Rodnina’s heart.

[al baby]

And he is giving the blow job face that you see in the movies and such

[petitfour]

Russians have their culture. Aren’t we supposed to celebrate diversity?

[bigheadfred]

effing a

LOL

BTTT

[servo1969]

ANYTHING that displays less than 100% approval for Obama is racist.

ANYONE who disagrees with Obama is racist.

Do I just about have that right?

[Cyber Liberty]

Banana is the new watermelon, I guess.

[Alex Murphy]

Did Obama have a flare gun at the time?

[bray]

What isn’t racist is the better question?

Pray America is Waking Up

[jimbo123]

обезьяна obez'yana "monkey" in Russian

[GraceG]

Banana is the new watermelon, I guess.

I am from a polish background, I find polish sausage offensive when I go grocery shopping...

[martin_fierro]

Hell, give her TWO gold medals.

[Rinnwald]

Oh, no she din’t!

(wags head side-to-side)

[stevio]

I dunno, it’s kinda funny. People got to lighten up, figuratively. I don’t remember anyone getting bent out of shape over Bush looking like a monkey.

[bigheadfred]

BTTT

[fwdude]

It's "racist" because a banana can be suggestive of a... ahem... shall we say, phallic symbol, and since Ø is the first "gay president," according to the Presstitutes, the picture suggests a willing subject?

[fwdude]

Very true. Bush was constantly called a “chimp.”

[Carriage Hill]