Kryscina Tsimanouskaya is 'safe' at an airport in Tokyo after resisting attempts to put her on a flight, according to the International Olympic Committee.
An Olympic sprinter from Belarus is reportedly taking refuge at an airport in Tokyo and refusing to go home after publicly criticizing the team's coaches on Instagram and allegedly being removed from the team in response, the latest high-profile incident of apparent political repression in a country run by a man described as “Europe’s last dictator.”... [+]
Friday, July 30, 2021. Tsimanouskaya alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday, Aug. 1, at Tokyo’s main airport. An activist group supporting Tsimanouskaya said she believed her life was in danger in Belarus and would seek asylum with the Austrian embassy in Tokyo.
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