Katri Lylynpera dropped out of the women’s sprint competition on Tuesday. The Finnish runner, however, stayed in the Olympic Village, because the photos and films that had already been removed were taken on Thursday. .
Water flooded the entire floor. “Help”
One thing about Instagram stories is that they usually disappear after 24 hours. And now they have disappeared too. But Lylynpera, Fox News reports, claims that she was ordered to do so by Chinese officials. And they ordered it because the recordings were embarrassing – Lylynpera captured the moment when a part of the Olympic village was flooded with water which.
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“Help” – this is how the Finnish runner signed one of the films. You can see how the water floods the entire floor, where the electrical equipment is located. Lylynpera also shared other recordings and photos. Including the arrival of the crew, who showed up with full protective gear to fix the fault and a polite mess. And also a screenshot of Chinese officials asking her to remove all videos from social media.
The Chinese write about the case. “Circles of rumors”
New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) – a Chinese television station broadcasting from New York, which writes about itself as independent, also informs about the case. “A few days ago, there was a video of the ceiling leaking in many places in the foreign social media. There are rumors on the Internet that this is an apartment in an Olympic village in Beijing, where Finnish athletes are staying. “- reports NTDTV.
Chinese television reports that the incident sparked heated discussions among Chinese interns – incl. on Twitter where they were ridiculed by other users. “Send Finnish athletes to a psychiatric hospital as soon as possible”, “Boycott Finland because Finland is humiliating China” – these are just some of the comments.
NTDTV announced that no material was found on Lylynpera’s Instagram account to prove this. And TV reporters base their knowledge on the American social network Reddit, where some English-speaking Internet users probably posted a crafted post that “the Chinese communist party asked Finns to remove videos from Twitter and Instagram.”
Source: Sport
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