By Wiktoria Bieliaszyn, Philipp Fritz and Javier Gonzales Cuesta
(Die Welt)
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has been in Warsaw since Wednesday evening.
She obtained a humanitarian visa from the Polish government - after Belarusian authorities attempted to repatriate her to her home country against her will.
At Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the 24-year-old athlete pleaded with Japanese police for help.
She eventually benefited from the protection of the Polish Embassy.
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If she had been repatriated to Belarus, she would have risked imprisonment or psychiatric internment.
This is what Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said in an interview with
Die Welt
as well as the partner newspapers
Gazeta Wyborcza
and
El Pais
.
DIE WELT. - The Tokyo Olympics are still underway. In fact, you too should have participated in the sporting event. Today, however, it is in Warsaw that we meet you. In the context of the events in
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