The duo attempted to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to return to Belarus where she feared she would face persecution for speaking out against the team’s coaches.
The International Olympic Committee on Friday revoked the Games accreditation of two Belarus team officials for their role in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country against her will after she spoke out against her coaches last week.... [+]The head coach of the Belarus athletics team, Yuri Moisevich, and team official Artur Shumak were also asked to leave the Olympic village and they have done so, the IOC said.
The IOC noted that its actions against the duo were an interim measure as it continues its formal investigation into the accusations made by sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya who is now in Warsaw where she wasThe Olympics governing body said that an IOC Disciplinary Commission has been set for the case “to clarify the circumstances around the incident and the roles the coaches…played.”
It unclear if the two accused officials will remain in Tokyo for the duration of the investigation or go back home to Belarus.
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