POLICE PROTECTIONHer husband, Arseni Zhdanevich, will join her in Poland, a Warsaw-based Belarusian opposition politician said. The Belarusian Olympic Committee said coaches had decided to withdraw Tsimanouskaya from the Games on doctors' advice about her "emotional, psychological state". Earlier on Monday, International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams said officials would continue conversations with Tsimanouskaya and had asked for a full report from the Belarus Olympic committee. The IOC spokesperson also said it had taken a number of actions against Belarus' Olympic Committee following nationwide protests in the country. In March, the IOC refused to recognise https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/olympics-ioc-does-not-recognise-lukashenko-sons-belarus-olympic-vote-2021-03-08 the election of Lukashenko's son Viktor as head of the country's Olympic Committee.

Source: The Star August 02, 2021 02:44 UTC