<p>A Belarusian sprinter has boarded a flight to the Austrian city of Vienna, just days after a public dispute with her own team officials.</p> <p>Krystina Tsimanouskaya, 24, was seen at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport on Wednesday morning surrounded by an entourage.</p> <p>It is not clear whether Austria is her final destination, as several countries had offered to help her, including Poland, which offered her a humanitarian visa.</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image"> <figure class="sdc-article-image__figure"> <div class="sdc-article-image__wrapper" data-aspect-ratio="16/9"> <img class="sdc-article-image__item" loading="lazy" intrinsicsize="768x432" src="https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/768x432/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464918.jpg?20210801143520" srcset="https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/384x216/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464918.jpg?20210801143520 380w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/768x432/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464918.jpg?20210801143520 760w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/1600x900/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464918.jpg?20210801143520 1024w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/2048x1152/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464918.jpg?20210801143520 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw" alt="Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya stands surrounded by police officers at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan"> </div><figcaption class="sdc-article-image__caption"> <span class="sdc-article-image__visually-hidden">Image:</span><br /> <span class="sdc-article-image__caption-text">Tsimanouskaya had sought protection from Japanese authorities at the airport</span><br /> </figcaption></figure> </div> <p>Tsimanouskaya had been scheduled to board a flight for the Polish capital Warsaw, but a member of the Belarusian community in touch with her said diplomats had changed her flight due to security concerns.</p> <p>In May, dissident journalist Roman Protasevich had been flying from Greece to Lithuania but was <strong><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/roman-protasevich-ryanair-plane-diverted-to-belarus-so-opposition-blogger-could-be-arrested-12314838" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested after his Ryanair flight was diverted to Belarus</a></strong>.</p> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region " data-interscroller="true" data-format="floated-mpu" data-role="sticky-region" data-component-name="sdc-site-layout"> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__target"> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__mask"> <div class="sdc-site-layout-sticky-region__content"> <div class="sdc-site-au-wrapper "> <div class="sdc-site-au site-component-vertical-margin" data-ad-format="mpu-1" data-type="" aria-hidden="true"> <p> <span class="sdc-site-au__label-text" data-label-text="Advertisement">Advertisement</span> </p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> <p>Tsimanouskaya’s dispute began last week when she criticised her coaches on social media, describing them as negligent.</p> <p>She claimed that team officials had <strong><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/tokyo-olympics-belarus-sprinter-krystsina-tsimanouskaya-says-she-has-been-taken-to-airport-against-her-will-for-criticising-national-olympic-coaches-12369978" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded on Sunday by telling her to pack her things</a></strong> so they could take her to the airport with the aim of forcing her to return to Belarus.</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-related-stories" data-component-name="sdc-article-related-stories"> <div class="sdc-article-related-stories__content"> <h3 class="sdc-article-related-stories__title">More on Belarus</h3> </p></div> </div> <p>In a statement on its Facebook page, the Belarus Olympic Committee said Tsimanouskaya was removed from the Games because of her “emotional and psychological state”.</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image"> <figure class="sdc-article-image__figure"> <div class="sdc-article-image__wrapper" data-aspect-ratio="16/9"> <img class="sdc-article-image__item" loading="lazy" intrinsicsize="768x432" src="https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/768x432/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464911.jpg?20210801143257" srcset="https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/384x216/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464911.jpg?20210801143257 380w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/768x432/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464911.jpg?20210801143257 760w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/1600x900/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464911.jpg?20210801143257 1024w, https://e3.365dm.com/21/08/2048x1152/skynews-krystsina-tsimanouskaya_5464911.jpg?20210801143257 2048w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw" alt="Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she has been taken to Tokyo Airport against her will"> </div><figcaption class="sdc-article-image__caption"> <span class="sdc-article-image__visually-hidden">Image:</span><br /> <span class="sdc-article-image__caption-text">The sprinter says she was taken to the airport in Tokyo against her will</span><br /> </figcaption></figure> </div> <p>But Tsimanouskaya told Reuters news agency early in the dispute: “I will not return to Belarus” and this week she said team officials had “made it clear” she would be punished if she did.</p> <p>“They made it clear that upon return home I would definitely face some form of punishment,” she said. “There were also thinly disguised hints that more would await me.”</p> <p>Belarus National Olympic Committee is headed by the country’s authoritarian president <strong><a href="https://news.sky.com/topic/alexander-lukashenko-8861" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexander Lukashenko</a></strong> and his son Viktor.</p> <p>Tsimanouskaya sought protection from police at the airport in Tokyo and spent a night in an airport hotel before her flight to Europe on Wednesday.</p> <p>She said: “I would very much like to continue my sporting career because I’m just 24 and I had plans for two more Olympics at least. For now, the only thing that concerns me is my safety.”</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news/2021/08/04/belarusian-sprinter-heads-for-vienna-after-accusing-team-officials-of-threatening-her-with-punishment/">Belarusian sprinter heads for Vienna after accusing team officials of threatening her with ‘punishment’</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://patabook.com/news">Patabook News </a>.</p>
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