Belarusian Olympian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya Presented Asylum in Poland

Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is most probably respiring a sigh of reduction these days after being granted asylum in Poland beginning Aug. four.

Poland’s Deputy Minister of Overseas Affairs Marcin Przydacz showed the scoop on Twitter Monday, Aug. 2.

“Kryscina Tsimanouskaya a Belarusian athlet [sic] is already in direct touch with Polish diplomats in Tokyo,” he wrote. “She has won a humanitarian Visa. Poland will do no matter is vital to assist her proceed her carrying profession. [Poland] at all times stands for Cohesion.” 

Alexander Opeikin, government director of Belarusian Sports activities Cohesion Fund, additionally advised The New York Occasions that Tsimanouskaya entered the Polish Embassy in Tokyo on Aug. 2 and can fly to Warsaw on Aug. four.

All through a information convention on Aug. three, Mark Adams, World Olympic Committee spokesman, advised newshounds that Tsimanouskaya is feeling “protected and safe” and talked of plans for an investigation.

“We now have made up our minds to release, now not strangely, a proper investigation, which will probably be led by means of the IOC management,” he mentioned. “We wish to determine the whole information. We wish to listen everybody concerned. That clearly can take time.”