Tokyo 2020 U-turn allows social media teams to show athletes taking the knee

IOC to include athletes kneeling in highlights, social media

The concession under Olympic Charter Rule 50, which has long prohibited any athlete protest inside event venues, was finally allowed this month by the IOC.

Olympic Committee Ends Social Media Photo Blackout of Athletes Taking A Knee

After a day of excluding photos of protesting athletes, the IOC said in a statement that it will include them from now on.

IOC President meets refugee athletes at the Olympic Village

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, today met for the first time the refugee athletes who will be competing for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in Tokyo. President Bach was accompanied by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi. 

Olympics To Include Athletes Kneeling In Highlights

The IOC announced Thursday that it will include images of players taking a knee in highlights and social media, after the photos were originally excluded.

IOC to include athletes kneeling in highlights, social media - The Mainichi

TOKYO (AP) -- After images of Olympic soccer players taking a knee were excluded from official highlight reels and social media channels, the IOC said

IOC to include athletes kneeling in highlights, social media

TOKYO (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says it will now include images of Olympic athletes taking a knee in its official highlights reels and social media channels. Players from five women’s soccer teams kneeled in support of racial justice before their games Wednesday. That was the first day it was allowed at the Olympic