{"id":39593,"date":"2021-08-04T21:25:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39593"},"modified":"2021-08-04T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:25:29","slug":"elaine-thompson-herah-instagram-blocks-gold-medallist-who-shared-race-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39593","title":{"rendered":"Elaine Thompson-Herah: Instagram blocks gold medallist who shared race win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Olympic gold medallist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah was mistakenly blocked on Instagram, its owner Facebook Inc has confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thompson-Herah, the fastest woman in the world, was blocked on Tuesday for sharing videos from her 100 and 200 metre races on her Instagram account. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Her access to the app was reinstated several hours later. <\/span><\/p>\n

There are strict copyright restrictions on sharing content from the Games online. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson-Herah <\/span>said on Twitter that she was blocked from accessing her account<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a> because she posted videos that she “did not have the right to do so”. <\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Facebook told Reuters news agency that while the content had been removed, the suspension had been wrongly applied. <\/span><\/p>\n

International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines mandate that athletes must not post Olympic Games content containing audio and video of the sporting event or medal ceremony. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is because a set number of broadcasters hold exclusive rights to broadcast the Games. Their rights include distribution on social media. <\/span><\/p>\n

However athletes “are invited to share the content” posted by these broadcasters on their accounts, the IOC told Reuters. <\/span><\/p>\n

Any content that breaks these rules is removed immediately. It is not clear where the footage the sprinter posted came from.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the time period that includes the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics and the Tokyo Games, the IOC is set to receive more than $4bn (\u00a32.8bn) in broadcasting rights. The majority of the money goes back into the Games and supporting sports and athletes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson-Herah secured an unprecedented 100m – 200m double-double. She recorded 21.53 seconds in the 200m, just 0.19 seconds off Florence Griffith-Joyner’s long-standing world record. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thompson-Herah is set to compete on Friday in the 4x100m relay final. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n