US Secretary of State Anthony Bibinen accused President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in the undermining of the Olympic Spirit because of the incident with the Belarusian athlete of Christina Timanovskaya. He wrote about this in twitter .
The head of the State Department said that the regime of the Republic of the Republic was aimed at committing an act of repression against an athlete, trying to force her to leave the Olympiad “just for taking advantage of the right to freedom of speech.” “Such actions undermine the Olympic Spirit, challenge the basic rights, and they cannot be tolerated,” Blinken stressed.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry did not comment on the date of departure of Timanovskaya from Tokyo to Warsaw. This is reported by TASS. The head of the Foreign Ministry Tosimitsa Motagi noted that it is in constant contact with stakeholders, but does not intend to provide other details about the current situation. “She requested shelter in a third country and is now in a safe place,” he said.
Timanovskaya will fly out of Tokyo to Warsaw direct flight on August 4. On August 2, the athlete received a Polish visa.
On August 1, the coaching headquarters of the Belarusian team excluded Timanovskaya from a 200 meters race at the Olympics in Japan. The official reason was called the unsatisfactory emotional and psychological state of athletes. The opposition fund of sports solidarity stated that the athlete was forcibly exported from Tokyo. The girl appealed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asking for help in the current situation.