Japan shelters Belarusian sprinter who sought to flee at the Olympics

was under the protection of Japanese authorities Monday, a day after she made a dash for freedom at a Tokyo-area airport, claiming her team was forcing her to return home after she publicly criticized her coaches at the Olympics.

The sprinter, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, sought the protection of Japanese police at Haneda Airport on Sunday after she refused to board a flight to Minsk, the International Olympic Committee and Japanese authorities confirmed.in a videotape posted online by the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation, or BSSF, a dissident athletic organization.“She has told us she feels safe,” it said.

The IOC and Tokyo 2020 have spoken to Krystsina Tsymanouskaya directly tonight. She is with the authorities at Haneda airport and is currently accompanied by a staff member of Tokyo 2020. She has told us that she feels safe. /1The Polish government was the first to offer Tsimanouskaya a safe haven. “She was offered a humanitarian visa and is free to pursue her sporting career in Poland if she so chooses,” Deputy Foreign Affairs MinisterThe Czechs also offered to take in Tsimanouskaya, and the BSSF said she may seek asylum in Germany or Austria., came as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been widely criticized for his brutal crackdown on political opponents trying to remove him from an office he has held since 1994.

Poland may have its own problems, but this is definitely the right thing to do. It’s nice to see the international community supporting her.

Whatever she does, don't get in an airplane near Belrusian airspace. Also, I wouldn't trust Poland either. Hopefully somebody less Putin-y offers her the same.

Good on them!!!!

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This is what global leadership looks like.

PattyArquette Offer her asylum!

PattyArquette She didn't board the plane that was arranged for her by the Belarusian government. That's not a “dash for freedom”, that's dodging a bullet. ClickBait

Thank God

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The Olympics have always been a great opportunity for athletes to seek asylum.

Europeans and Eurasians seem to have more leverage with human rights and UN.

'made a dash,' shame on you NBC. Belarus deliberately hijacked and forced down a plane just so they could arrest a journalist just a few weeks ago. What do you think they're planning to do with this young lady?

Crazy

I just hope her Family won’t be punished I’m sure she’s worried sick about that. I know I would be.

That's relieving.

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