Herah-Thompson blocked on Instagram
05 August 2021 | Sports
NAMPA / REUTERS
Not even the fastest woman in the world can outrun Tokyo 2020 Olympics broadcast rights holders, with gold medallist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah saying she had been blocked on Instagram for posting videos of her victorious 100 and 200m races.
The Jamaican sprinter defended her Olympic titles from the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics over the two distances in Tokyo, making it four Olympic gold medals from two Games.
But her attempt to share her Tokyo competitions with her 310,000 followers on Instagram backfired.
"I was blocked on Instagram for posting the races of the Olympic because I did not own the right to do so. So, see y'all in two days," the sprinter wrote on Twitter.
Thompson-Herah is due to compete in the women's 4x100 metre relay today and, should Jamaica qualify for the final, on Friday. She had won a silver medal with her teammates in Rio.
The International Olympic Committee, who along with Instagram were contacted by Reuters for a comment, will receive more than $4 billion in broadcasting rights for the period including the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics and the Tokyo Games.
Not even the fastest woman in the world can outrun Tokyo 2020 Olympics broadcast rights holders, with gold medallist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah saying she had been blocked on Instagram for posting videos of her victorious 100 and 200m races.
The Jamaican sprinter defended her Olympic titles from the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics over the two distances in Tokyo, making it four Olympic gold medals from two Games.
But her attempt to share her Tokyo competitions with her 310,000 followers on Instagram backfired.
"I was blocked on Instagram for posting the races of the Olympic because I did not own the right to do so. So, see y'all in two days," the sprinter wrote on Twitter.
Thompson-Herah is due to compete in the women's 4x100 metre relay today and, should Jamaica qualify for the final, on Friday. She had won a silver medal with her teammates in Rio.
The International Olympic Committee, who along with Instagram were contacted by Reuters for a comment, will receive more than $4 billion in broadcasting rights for the period including the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics and the Tokyo Games.
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