Decathlete Andrei Krauchanka says that seeing hundreds of people detained for their political views in his native Belarus has been as painful as competing with a torn Achilles tendon.
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Belarus' Andrei Krauchanka, holding Belarus' flag, reacts after winning the Men's decathlon during the European Athletics Championships at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich on August 13, 2014.