A double Tokyo Olympics gold medalist says she was barred from Instagram for posting TV footage of her races

• The winner of the women's 100 and 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics says Instagram suspended her.
• Elaine Thompson-Herah said she was barred for two days for posting TV clips of her race.
• The International Olympic Committee is strict about sharing content from unofficial sources.

A two-time gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics says she has been suspended from Instagram for posting video clips of her races.

Elaine Thompson-Herah won both the 100 meters and the 200 meters in Tokyo, repeating a feat she achieved at the 2016 Rio Games.

But after posting clips of TV coverage to her Instagram page, the Jamaican took to Twitter to say she had been barred from Instagram for two days, a ban she said was related to TV rights.

-Elaine Thompson Herah (@FastElaine) August 3, 2021

"I was blocked on Instagram for posting the races of the Olympic because I did not own the right to do so," she wrote. "So see y'all in 2 days."

The International Olympic Committee is known to be strict when it comes to resharing content from the games on social-media platforms like Instagram and Twitter, issuing large numbers of takedown notices to users who share video clips recorded from TV, as they do not own the rights to the content.

It has been a particular issue at Tokyo, thanks largely to the fact that no fans are present, meaning the only way to consume content from the games is via official channels. The enforcement has attracted some critics.

-tariq panja (@tariqpanja) August 4, 2021