Belarus is once again making headlines around the world after Belarus Olympic committee officials attempted to force the athlete Kristina Tsimanouskaya onto a plane to Belarus against her will. She informed Japanese police, requested political asylum, and provided the Belarusian media with an audio recording in which the team coaches threaten her and say that the order to send her home “came from the very top.”
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A police officer stands outside of the Polish flag on the ground outside of the Polish embassy, where Belarus athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who claimed her team tried to force her to leave Japan following a row during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo on August 3, 2021.
