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A plane carrying Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives in Poland, where she is expected 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 (1811 GMT), according to the arrivals screen at Warsaw Airport. IMAGES
Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Japan on a Vienna-bound flight on Wednesday and was expected to head for Poland, where she has been offered a humanitarian visa. The 24-year-old had been expected to take a direct flight to Warsaw but switched at the last minute, an airport official told reporters. She boarded the flight at Narita airport outside Tokyo after travelling from the Polish embassy where she had spent the past two nights following claims her team tried to force her to return home after she criticised her coaches. IMAGES
An Austrian Airlines plane from Tokyo carrying Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya lands at Vienna airport shortly after 3:00 pm local time (1300 GMT). IMAGES
Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya details the events in the Olympic village that led her to take refuge in Poland rather than return to her native Belarus. The 24-year-old athlete was at the centre of a diplomatic drama after seeking the protection of Tokyo 2020 staff, saying her team was trying to bundle her onto a plane after she publicly criticised her coaches. SOUNDBITE
Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives for a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, where she is taking refuge after saying she feared for her life if forced to return home. IMAGES
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