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For some athletes, the Olympics arent just a chance to compete - theyre an opportunity to defect

For some athletes, the Olympics arent just a chance to compete - theyre an opportunity to defect For some athletes, the Olympics are. On Sunday, Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya turned up at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo - becoming the latest Olympic athlete to refuse to return to her country out of fear for her personal safety. The Olympics have served as sites of protest, platforms to isolate discriminatory regimes and theaters for Cold War tensions. For some athletes and coaches, the Games have also offered avenues to defect. The Olympics provide a very attractive opportunity for people to escape difficult situations at home, most often political repression, said Barbara Keys, a historian at Durham University.

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Olympics defections: For some athletes, the Games aren t just a chance to compete — they re an opportunity to defect

Olympics defections: For some athletes, the Games aren t just a chance to compete — they re an opportunity to defect
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Final world boxing qualifier for Tokyo Games to be scrapped

Final world boxing qualifier for Tokyo Games to be scrapped Issued on: 16/02/2021 - 09:52 2 min Tokyo (AFP) The final global boxing qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics is being scrapped, the Japan Boxing Federation said Tuesday, with places at this summer s pandemic-delayed Games likely to be determined by rankings. The qualifier was due to take place in Paris in June, but coronavirus travel restrictions and the rescheduling of the final European qualifier from April to June have forced organisers to pull the plug. Boxing qualification events for the Games are being organised by a special taskforce formed after the IOC stripped the International Boxing Association of its right to run the sport at the Olympics.

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Boxing: Final Olympic world qualifier scrapped, India unlikely to add to nine quota places for Tokyo

BFI With the International Olympic Committee deciding to scrap the Olympic world qualifiers for boxing because of the challenges posed by the global Covid-19 restrictions, India is unlikely to add to the unprecedented nine who have made the cut for the Tokyo Games in July-August, reported PTI. The final global boxing qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics is being scrapped, the Japan Boxing Federation said Tuesday, with places at this summer’s pandemic-delayed Games likely to be determined by rankings. The qualifier was due to take place in Paris in June, but coronavirus travel restrictions and the rescheduling of the final European qualifier from April to June have forced organisers to pull the plug, AFP reported.

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