conversations with krystsina tsimanouskaya and the authorities would determine what the next steps are in the upcoming days. she had said that she was considering applying for asylum in europe so the ioc will have a media conference midday here in tokyo and we will see what the update is. this comes against the backdrop of the ongoing protests against the president of belarus. here s what pavel latushko, a former belarussian culture minister, now an opposition leader based in warsaw in poland, had to say about the events in tokyo. translation: because the athlete, krystsina athlete, krystsina tsimanouskaya, criticised the belarusian national team for bela rusian national team for their violation belarusian national team for their violation of the rules and procedures for athletes participating in the olympic games, the president made the decision to take her out of tokyo and return her to belarus. she will be