TOKYO: A Belarusian Olympic athlete was sheltering in Poland’s embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday after being offered safe passage to Warsaw, as the US slammed her team’s attempt to send her home.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she fears for her safety if she returns to Belarus, and claims her team attempted to force her onto a plane after she criticised her coaches.
The Global Athlete organisation meanwhile called on the International Olympic Committee to suspend Belarus’s Olympic organisation, as the IOC said it would formally investigate Tsimanouskaya’s claims.
The 24-year-old sprinter spent the night in Poland’s embassy in Tokyo after arriving there on Monday evening.
Poland said Monday it had granted her a humanitarian…
