The IOC gave permission for the first time this Olympics for athletes to keep blogs, albeit under strict guidelines and rules.

Blogs cannot have any advertising or sponsorship unless it coming from an official Olympic sponsor. They cannot include video and photographs of venues can only be used if the athletes is in the shot and it doesn’t capture any action.

Other athletes are using social networks such as Facebook to promote their image and link with fans.

Some of the athletes keeping blogs include:

Arielle Martin

Alexandra Orlando

If you know of any others, let us know in the comments and we’ll add them to the list.