Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's 200m - Final - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 3, 2021. Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica celebrates winning gold REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
TOKYO (Reuters) -Facebook Inc mistakenly blocked gold medallist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah, the fastest woman in the world, from Instagram, the company said on Wednesday.
The Jamaican sprinter had tweeted that she had been blocked for posting videos of her victorious 100 and 200 metres races because she "did not own the right to do so." However, a Facebook spokesperson later said that while the content was removed, the suspension was wrongly applied.
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