Nine days that shook the Olympics - the defection of Krystsina Tsimanouskaya
The Star Online - Sport·2021-08-06 08:01
(Reuters) - Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya defected whilst in Japan for the Olympics after a dispute with her coaches that made her fear for her safety back in her authoritarian-ruled homeland.
The incident, a surprise political drama amid the sporting action in Tokyo, was reminiscent of the defections of top athletes from Soviet bloc nations during the Cold War.
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