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Olympics-Belarus athlete will fly to Poland after refusing orders to go home
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Antoni Slodkowski
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) -A Belarusian athlete who took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing her team s orders to fly home from the Olympic Games will travel to Poland on Wednesday, a group of her supporters said.
Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Warsaw government. She had earlier refused to get on a flight home, saying she had been taken to the airport against her will by Belarusian officials because she had criticised her team s coaching staff.
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A Belarusian athlete who took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing her team s orders to fly home from the Olympic Games will travel to Poland on Wednesday, a group of her supporters said.
Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Warsaw government.
She had earlier refused to get on a flight home, saying she had been taken to the airport against her will by Belarusian officials because she had criticised her team s coaching staff. She will fly from Tokyo, a direct flight to Warsaw on 4 August, in two days time, said Aleksandr Opeykin, chairman of the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Foundation.