Belarus runner arrives in Poland as refugee after row with team

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Belarus runner arrives in Poland as refugee after row with team

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian athlete who was pulled from the Tokyo Olympics against her will over the weekend by her team, arrived in Poland on Wednesday, which has offered her asylum, local media reported.Tsimanouskaya, a 24-year-old sprinter, has been granted a humanitarian visa by the Eastern European country after she refused to board a flight Sunday and sought protection from Japanese police at Tokyo's Haneda airport, saying she was being forced to return to Belarus for criticizing her coaches and she feared for her safety if she returned home.

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