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Welcome to the programme. The belarusian sprinter who refused orders to fly home early from the olympics has left japan within the last hour. She was meant to fly To Warsaw but she has been seen flying To Vienna. Officials from belarus had tried to send Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home after she complained about the events the committee had entered herfor. Ina in a moment we will get the latest, but for now our correspondent has this report from minsk. Shes a young Athlete Thrust into a political row she never sought. When sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya publicly criticised her coaches at the olympics, they tried to force her back to belarus. She refused. Speaking to the bbc from tokyo, she said she was now scared for herself and for her family. Translation I Cant go back to belarus now, of course. Its definitely not safe for me. I have no idea when i can go back. It may be five or ten years. And today came another reminder of the danger for dissidents. In kyiv, a young belarusian activist
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