THE International Olympics Committee (IOC) apologized on Friday for a tweet it posted recalling the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
The social media post was part of a series of celebratory tweets to mark one year before the delayed Olympics in Tokyo. The tweet, which was posted on Thursday, read: “This is turning out to be quite a Throwback Thursday already! Berlin 1936 marked the 1st Olympic torch relay to bring the flame to the cauldron. We can’t wait for the next one. Stronger Together.”
The tweet also included footage of the Games which included Olympic greats such as the United States’ Jesse Owens and Germany’s Luz Long, as well as the occasion’s iconic flame.
The IOC has now deleted the post and written an eight-part response on Twitter that concluded by saying: “We apologize to those who feel offended by the film of the Olympic Games Berlin 1936. We have deleted this film, which was part of
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