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Posted: 2021-07-23T02:28:27Z | Updated: 2021-07-23T10:27:40Z

The International Olympic Committee for the first time on Thursday posted a photo at the Tokyo Games of an athlete taking a knee to protest racism ending an apparent blackout of images of the protests on its social media sites and provided to the media.

The IOC will include photos of kneeling activists from now on, said a statement from the organization.

The IOC is covering the Games on its owned and operated platforms and such moments will be included as well , the IOC said in a statement Thursday in an apparent change of policy.

The statement followed a report in The Guardian on Wednesday that the committee had issued an edict that no protesting athlete be shown on its social media sites , according to sources.

On the first day of competition Wednesday, not a single photo on the IOCs Facebook , Twitter or Instagram accounts or on the committees own live blog showed any protesting athletes. All members of five womens soccer teams took a knee that day, including the U.S. Womens National Team and the victorious rival Swedish team.

On Thursday, Tokyo time, the committee posted its first photo on Twitter of an athlete taking a knee: British soccer player Lucy Bronze. Two rival teammates from the Chile team facing her can also be seen kneeling in the photo. (The photo is the second in the sequence of photos in the tweet below.) All members of both teams knelt on the pitch before the match Wednesday.

The IOC also pointedly noted in the post that teams were kneeling before the competition.

#Tokyo2020 sports started yesterday! Just some of the highlights...

Japan starting strong in #softball
Teams were kneeling before the competition
Vivianne Miedema scored four goals for #NED
First look at the mens gymnastics contenders in podium training

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#Tokyo2020 sports started yesterday! Just some of the highlights...

Japan starting strong in #softball
Teams were kneeling before the competition
Vivianne Miedema scored four goals for #NED
First look at the mens gymnastics contenders in podium training

Olympics (@Olympics) July 22, 2021

The New Zealand womens soccer team also knelt before their match on Wednesday. Members of the rival Australian team remained standing but together held a flag representing the Indigenous people of their nation. Neither protest was shown by the IOC.