Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives safely in Poland, where she and her husband have sought refuge
Stifling criticism
The officials “made it clear that, upon return home, I would definitely face some form of punishment,” Tsimanouskaya told an AP reporter in a video call from Tokyo on Tuesday. “There were also thinly disguised hints that more would await me.” The standoff has drawn more attention to Belarus' uncompromising authoritarian government. When the country was rocked by months of protests following a presidential election that the opposition and the West saw as rigged, authorities responded by arresting some 35,000 people and beating thousands of demonstrators. In recent months the government has orchestrated a strong crackdown on independent media and opposition figures.
Amid Tsimanouskaya's rift with team officials, two other Belarusian athletes announced their intention to stay abroad.
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