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Mon Aug 2 17:37:28 2021
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Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya is “safe” and now looks likely to claim asylum in a third country after she refused to board a flight out of Tokyo, saying she was being forced to return to her native country against her will where she feared arrest.
— Poland grants humanitarian visa to Belarusian Olympic sprinter who refused to board flight home
— Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was granted a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, hours after she refused to board a flight out of Japan saying she was being forced to return to her native country against her will and that she feared arrest.
