Olympic Athletes Must Follow IOC Guidliness When Blogging | Sports : "The Olympic Charter prohibits any journalistic work by athletes, but since the Turin Winter Games in 2006, the IOC has been forced to allow blogging during the Olympics -- although not without restrictions.
Under special IOC rules, an athlete's blog is not to contain interviews, photos and moving pictures from areas reserved for accredited journalists. A photo of the athlete is allowed, but not taken in an Olympic area.
That was unheard of in 1992 in Barcelona, where the opening ceremony almost ended in scandal when American stars brought mobile phones along and relayed their impressions live to their home country.
It was a blatant violation of Olympic rules but then IOC boss Juan Antonio Samarach issued a reprimand instead of kicking the athletes out which would have been possible as well.
But nowadays the IOC must acknowledge that an increasing number of people use modern communications techniques which include blogs.
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