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Belarus Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (left) says she will not return to Belarus.
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Tsimanouskaya had been scheduled to board a flight for Warsaw, where the government has offered her a humanitarian visa after she had refused to board flight home against her wishes on Sunday and sought diplomatic protection.
Instead, she departed on an Austrian Airlines flight scheduled to land in Vienna at 4:05 pm. A member of the Belarusian community in touch with Tsimanouskaya said diplomats had changed her flight due to security concerns.
Masked and wearing blue jeans, a blue blouse and sunglasses with I RUN CLEAN written on them, Tsimanouskaya had arrived in a police-escorted van at Narita airport east of the Japanese capital. She did not speak to several dozen waiting reporters as she went to a VIP area, escorted by several officials rolling her suitcases, and later to her gate.
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Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo for Austria on Wednesday, adding another dramatic twist to a diplomatic saga in which she had sought refuge at the Polish embassy.
Tsimanouskaya had been scheduled to board a flight for Warsaw, where the government has offered her a humanitarian visa after she had refused to board a flight home against her wishes on Sunday and sought diplomatic protection.
Instead, she departed on an Austrian Airlines flight scheduled to land in Vienna. A member of the Belarusian community in touch with Tsimanouskaya said diplomats had changed her flight due to security concerns.
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