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Tokyo 2020: Belarus athlete boards Vienna-bound flight from Japan

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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

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