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Exclusive: Belarusian sprinter decided to defect on way to airport over safety fears

Europe · 6:43 PM UTC

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

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