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Poland grants humanitarian visa to Belarusian Olympic athlete - Al Jazeera English
Aug 02, 2021 39 secs
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is expected to depart Tokyo for Warsaw this week after a flight standoff on Sunday.

Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said Tsimanouskaya was in “direct contact” with Polish diplomats in Tokyo.

Kryscina Tsimanouskaya a Belarusian athlet is already in direct contact with Polish diplomats in Tokyo.

The current standoff apparently began after Tsimanouskaya criticised how officials were managing the Belarusian Olympic team.

But the Belarusian Olympic Committee said in a statement that coaches had decided to withdraw Tsimanouskaya from the games on doctors’ advice about her “emotional, psychological state”.

On Monday, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said officials would continue conversations with Tsimanouskaya and had asked for a full report from the Belarusian Olympic Committee.

Sprinter Tsimanouskaya claimed she was removed from national team and taken to Tokyo airport against her wishes

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