After her arrival in Poland, the fled Belarusian athletic Kristina Timanowskaya expressed its relief. She was "glad to be safe," said the 24-year-old, who has recognized the world's own delegation during the Olympic Games worldwide, on Thursday in Warsaw. Poland has offered Timanovskaya a humanitarian visa that she wants to accept.
Timanovskaya said she was "surprised that the situation became such a political scandal because she had begun as a sporty problem." The sprinterer assured: "I just want to pursue my sporty career. I talked to my parents and they said Poland would be a good option because they could eventually pull here sometime."
Timanovskaya reported, her husband Arseni Zdanevich was also on the way to Poland, where more Belarusian government critic refuge. Zdanewich also receive a humanitarian visa, shared the Polish government.
Her parents had reported her, "that they say in (Belarussian, D.Red.) Television bad things about me say. I got many bad news, but even more support messages," Timanowskaya said.
In her case, high-ranking politicians from Europe and the United States had also turned on. For example, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas convicted and his US counterpart Antony blinking the alleged approach of the Belarusian delegation, the Timanovskaya for critical statements about their coaches against their will on Sunday removed from the Olympic Games in Tokyo and to bring home.
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Timanowskaja demanded new elections
Which consequences threaten to the National Olympic Committee of Belarus therefore is uncertain. Athlete associations had demanded the immediate exclusion during the games in Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had already occupied the NOK with sanctions last year. The internationally controversial head of state Alexander Lukashenko had to give his office as chairman, his son and successor Wiktor denies the IOC recognition. In addition, the financial benefits are exposed.
On Wednesday, the IOC set up a disciplinary commission and announced that athletics trainer Juri Moisewitsch and official artur Schumak to question Timanovskaya.
Timanovskaja had signed an open letter as one of 2000 athletes, in which new elections of the government and the release of political prisoners were required. Lukashenko has been leading since the election 2020 with police violence against the democracy movement in his country.
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