Krystsina Tsimanouskaya

• Belarus officials removed from Tokyo Olympics after trying to send sprinter home

  The Belarus athletics head coach and a team official have been taken out of the athletes' village following the furore over sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya.

  World

  Aug 6, 2021
  
• Belarusian Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says punishment awaited her back home

  Several countries offered to help Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, and Poland granted her a humanitarian visa Monday. She plans to fly to Warsaw later in the week.

  World

  Aug 3, 2021
  
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• IOC probing case of Belarusian sprinter, awaiting report from country’s Olympic body

  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya took refuge in the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday, a day after refusing her team's orders to board a flight home from the Olympic Games.

  World

  Aug 3, 2021
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• Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya seeks asylum in Poland amid standoff with Belarus

  The current standoff apparently began after Tsimanouskaya criticized how officials were managing her team — setting off a massive backlash in state-run media back home.

  World

  Aug 2, 2021
• ‘I will not return’: Belarusian Olympian says she was taken to airport against her wishes

  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told Reuters she had sought the protection of Japanese police at Tokyo's Haneda airport so she would not have to board the flight.

  Sports

  Aug 1, 2021