Athlete blogs banned by IOC

Lame, lame, lame, lame, lame. The IOC banned Olympic athletes from blogging. This could have been a fantastic opportunity to engage a global audience by giving them an insight into the hearts, minds, and emotions of Olympic athletes, but obviously they just don't get it. Excerpt from this CNEWS story: Sports fans to find new tricks, features in Olympic web coverage but no blogs:

Hoping to take advantage of having an Olympic athlete in its ranks and the latest online fad, the University of Western Ontario recently set up a web log, better known as a blog, for rower Rosyln MacLeod.

But there's a major snag. She won't be able to post once she enters the Olympic Village in Athens because of International Olympic Committee regulations.