Tried kidnapping? - Excitement about Belarusian athlete in Tokyo - Belarusian media

Later Timanowskaya said the BSSF, they are now under the protection of the Japanese police: "I am now safe." According to independent Belarusian media, she had already been brought to the airport in Tokyo.

The Belarussian Olympic Committee (NOK) had declared telegram, the athlete was examined by a doctor and will not participate in other competitions because of their "emotional mental condition". Timanovskaja described that on Instagram as a "lie". The radio station Euroradio she said in an interview: "You just told me to pack my stuff and fly home."

For 200 meters provided - too few negative doping samples?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) shared on request, it observes the case and asked the NOK for education. The Belarusian opposition leader Swetlana Tichanowskaja welcomed the fast IOC reaction. "It is important to investigate the injuries of rights of the athletes through the NOK," she wrote on Twitter.

According to BSSF information Timanovskaya ask for asylum in Europe and turn to the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo. The runner should have started over 200 meters on Monday. She had previously critically expressed his country's sports officials. The athlete suspected that other Belarusian athletes could not compete because they were not sufficiently negative doping samples for them.