UPDATE 1-Olympics-Belarus athlete Tsimanouskaya 'safe and secure' in Tokyo - IOC

[ASFN Admin]

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in an airport hotel after she sought protection from Japanese police at Haneda airport late on Sunday, IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said at a media conference. A number of agencies were in contact with the sprinter, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, he added. Tsimanouskaya, who was due to race in the 200 metre heats at Olympic Stadium on Monday, had her Games cut short when she said she was taken to the airport to board a Turkish Airlines flight.

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