Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanóuskaya denounced this Sunday that they are trying to force her to Minsk from Tokyo, where the 2020 Olympic Games are held, and asked for help from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in this regard.
“I am asking the International Olympic Committee for help. They have pressured me, they are trying to get me out of the country without my consent, so I ask the IOC to intervene in this”, he pointed Tsimanóuskaya, 24, in a video message.
Previously, from the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund they affirmed that Tsimanóuskaya is allegedly being forcibly taken from Tokyo after criticizing the decisions of the Belarusian athletes’ coaching staff. On July 30, the athlete recorded a video in which he harshly criticized the leaders of the Belarusian team for entering it in the 4×400 meter relays without his knowledge after some team members were not eligible to compete in the Olympics due to insufficient number of doping tests carried out .
For its part, the Belarusian National Olympic Committee communicated on Sunday that the coaching staff of the national athletics team decided to “end the intervention” of Tsimanóuskaya at the Olympic Games. of Tokyo “according to the opinion of doctors” and “due to his emotional and psychological state”. “Consequently, the athlete’s application to participate in the 200-meter qualifying races and the 4×400-meter relay was withdrawn,” the agency announced.
Tsimanóuskaya denounced that she was transferred to an airport in Tokyo, where she was to board a flight to Belarus via Turkey, but the athlete did not do so and went to the local police. According to the Belarusian Sports Solidarity Fund, the athlete plan apply for asylum in Europe.
Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee he pointed TASS who “got acquainted with the media reports, is studying the situation and asked the Belarusian National Olympic Committee for an explanation.”
