[Link] Two Belarus coaches are expelled from the Olympics over their treatment of a sprinter.

Read: 6/8/2021 www.nytimes.com

TOKYO — Two coaches involved in the attempt to force an Olympic athlete home to Belarus against her will have been stripped of their credentials and expelled from the Olympic Village, Games organizers said Friday.

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[Link] Belarusian Olympic athlete defected after being told by grandmother not to return

Read: 6/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport because her grandmother told her it was not safe to return home to Belarus.

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[Link] Belarus Olympian safe in Tokyo hotel after refusing 'forced' flight home

Read: 5/8/2021 www.bbc.com

A Belarusian Olympian who refused her team's order to fly home early is safe after seeking protection from Japanese police, Games officials have said.They say sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in a hotel at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

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