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Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has now landed in Poland, where she is to take refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has now landed in Poland, where she is to take refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home. The Polish airline LOT flight from Vienna, where she stopped over on her way from Tokyo, landed in Warsaw at 8:11pm local time, according to the arrivals screen at Warsaw Airport. Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo’s Narita airport this morning after seeking sanctuary at the city’s Polish embassy after Belarusian officials tried to bundle her onto a flight to Minsk. The 24-year-old made a last-minute decision to travel through Austria over concerns about being intercepted by Belarusian officials. She arrived Vienna Airport on Wednesday at…