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image captionTimanovskaya boarded a flight to Vienna
A Belarusian athlete who refused orders to fly home early from the Olympics has left Japan.
Krystina Timanovskaya, 24, boarded a flight to Vienna on Wednesday morning.
She had been expected to travel directly to Warsaw as Poland has granted her a humanitarian visa, but changed destination at the last minute, an airport official told reporters.
She told the BBC her actions were not a political protest: I love my country and I didn t betray my country. This is about the mistakes that have been made by our officials at the Olympics, she told the BBC s Newshour.
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image captionKrystina Timanovskaya boarded a flight to Vienna
A Belarusian athlete who refused orders to fly home early from the Olympics has safely arrived in Vienna, Austria s foreign ministry has confirmed.
Krystina Timanovskaya, 24, left Tokyo earlier on Wednesday, and will travel on to Warsaw after Poland granted her and her husband a humanitarian visa.
The row started after she criticised coaches on social media.
She told the BBC her actions were not a political protest. I love my country and I didn t betray my country. This is about the mistakes that have been made by our officials at the Olympics, the sprinter told the BBC s Newshour.
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