- After Tsimanouskaya refused to board the plane and return home for fear that she might be sentenced to prison, the International Olympic Committee launched an investigation.
- The National Olympic Committee of Belarus must submit a report to the International Olympic Committee on the case of sprinter Zimanusskaya.
- A spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee said that she is currently in a safe place and the International Olympic Committee has spoken to her twice.
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According to reports, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is waiting for a report from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee on the handling of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya. Reuters.
The International Olympic Committee investigates after the Zimanusskaya incident Refused to board the plane home From the Tokyo Olympics. Tsimanouskaya said that after criticizing her coach on social media, she was afraid of being imprisoned in Belarus.
Her coach refused to let her participate in the 200-meter sprint that she came to Tokyo to participate in. She asked the Sports Arbitration Court to make an interim ruling allowing her to participate in the competition.Tuesday, the court Announce They will refuse her request.
She also said that her coach let her participate in the 4×4 100m race without her consent.
Poland later provided the 24-year-old sprinter with a copy Humanitarian visa.
Spokesperson Mark Adams said: “We are looking forward to and requesting the Belarusian National Olympic Committee to submit a report today.” “We have decided to launch a formal investigation. We need to determine all the facts. We need to listen to the opinions of all relevant personnel.”
Adams said that the International Olympic Committee had talked with Zimanusskaya twice on Monday, adding that according to Reuters, she was in a safe place. On Monday night, someone saw the runner at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo.
The IOC also contacted the Polish National Olympic Committee to find out if and when the sprinter will travel to Poland for the future.
“We have also contacted the Polish National Olympic Committee. Regarding what the IOC can do for her future, we have talked to them about her sport. After she arrives in Warsaw, if she really chooses to go There,” Adams said, according to Reuters.
According to the Associated Press, Zimanusskaya is expected to fly to Poland on Wednesday.Her husband and children have Fled to Ukraine, Reuters reported.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken called Belarus’ attempt to send Zimanusskaya home against her wishes as an act of “transnational suppression” against Belarus. Twitter.
He wrote that the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko “attempts to implement another transnational repression: trying to force Olympian Krystsyna Tsimanouskaya (Krystsyna Tsimanouskaya) simply because of the exercise of freedom of speech. Leaving. This behavior violates the Olympic spirit and is an insult to basic rights and cannot be tolerated.”
Lukashenko held Iron grip In the past two decades, in Belarus. In 2020, he rigged the election and announced that he won 80% of the votes, calling himself the sixth president.His government has
Earlier this year, there was International anger After the Belarusian military forced an emergency landing of a passenger plane to arrest an opposition journalist on board.
On Tuesday, a Belarusian activist who helped people escape Belarusian repression was found dead in Kiev, Ukraine.According to reports, Ukrainian police have launched an investigation Euro News.
