Kristina Timanovskaya

Belarusian athlete Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland after her country's officials tried to force her to take an early flight home from the Tokyo Olympics. Here she boards a flight Wednesday to Austria at Japan's Narita intern

Belarus Olympian Kristina Timanovskaya Arrives In Poland, Which Offered Her Asylum

3:46pm August 04, 2021

by Bill Chappell

She had been competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Timanovskaya is reuniting with her husband — who has also obtained a humanitarian visa.