The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched an investigation The case of sprinter Krystsina TsimanouskayaOn Monday, she took refuge at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo on Monday after refusing her team’s order to board a plane home after the Olympics.
A spokesperson for the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that he was waiting for a report from the Belarusian National Olympic Committee on the events that shocked the Olympic Games later in the day.Warsaw has Providing a humanitarian visa to Zimanusskaya.
IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said that the committee had two conversations with the athlete on Monday, saying that she was in a safe place and the IOC needed to know all the facts before taking further action.
“We look forward to and have asked the National Olympic Committee to submit a report Belarus Today,” Adams said, adding that the IOC is still collecting facts. “We want it [the report] today. We have decided to open a formal investigation. We need to determine all the facts. We need to listen to the opinions of all relevant people. “
When asked whether the International Olympic Committee will make a decision on the matter during the Olympics, Adams said he could not estimate how long the investigation would take. “It obviously takes time. We need to understand it in depth. I don’t know how long it will take,” he said.
Tsimanouskaya, 24, was originally scheduled to participate in the women’s 200-meter preliminaries on Monday, but she said that she was taken out of the room in the athlete’s village on Sunday. Drive to the airport for boarding Go home after criticizing the team officials.
This incident has aroused people’s attention to Belarus. After last year’s election triggered a wave of protests, the police suppressed dissidents. The opposition claimed that the election was meant to keep Lukashenko in power.
“We have also contacted the Polish National Olympic Committee now. As for what the IOC can do for her future, we have already talked to them about her sport. If she does choose to end in Warsaw, then before she arrives After Warsaw,” Adams said.
In March, the International Olympic Committee refused to recognize Lukashenko’s son Victor as elected chairman of the country’s Olympic Committee. In December, both father and son were banned from participating in the Olympics.
US Secretary of State Anthony Brinken criticized Belarus for trying to send Zimanusskaya home. “This kind of behavior violates the Olympic spirit, is an insult to fundamental rights, and cannot be tolerated,” Brinken wrote on Twitter late Monday.
