Poland has granted a humanitarian visa to the Belarusian Olympian who refused to go home after criticizing her coaches, the BBC reported.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a 24-year-old sprinter, said she was forcibly taken to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sunday and told to board a plane to Belarus.
She said she refused, telling the Belarusian news agency Zerkalo.io: "I am afraid that in Belarus they might put me in jail ... I am worried about my safety. And I think that at the moment it is not safe for me in Belarus."
She was seen visiting the Polish embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
Later on Monday, Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz tweeted that Poland would do "whatever is necessary to help her continue her sporting career."
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Her husband has also since fled to Kyiv, Ukraine, and told Agence France-Presse he hopes to join his wife "in the near future."
Belarus, often referred to as Europe's last dictatorship, has previously retaliated against those who have spoken out against the state.
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