along with this image of the two of them you can see that her flight landed in warsaw airport. can see that her flight landed in warsaw airport. today ms timanovskaya flew back via austria. on sunday, the sprinter was taken to the airport against her will by belarusian officials because she had criticised her coaches on social media. she then took refuge in the polish embassy in tokyo before leaving japan. bethany bell is at the airport in warsaw. we ve the airport in warsaw. been told that she s not planning to we ve been told that she s not planning to come out in public this evening. she ll be taken to a of safety. it s been a very long journey as you say, she began in tokyo earlier today. she flew via vn. that was a change in plan we understand she had been due to fly directly here to poland. there were
to overthrow president lukashenko. from minsk, sarah rainsford reports. krystina timanovskaya left japan with her olympic dreams shattered, but her route to safety secured. the belarusian athlete says she just wants to run. her life was sports, not politics until a row with her coaches left her too scared to go home. but here inside belarus, state television has slammed her claims as cheap hype. the only thing timanovskaya won in tokyo, this presenter says, is a polish visa. on the streets of minsk, though, we did find sympathy for the sprinter who s fled because there is zero tolerance of dissent here now. we re all afraid, dmitri says. me, too, sometimes, because the situation is unstable.