KRYSTSINA TSIMANOUSKAYA RETURNS TO TOKYO

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Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, brand ambassador for Athletes for Freedom, is set to compete at the World Championships in Tokyo, representing Poland in the women’s 4×100 m relay.

Back in 2021, Krystsi­na was forced to leave the Tokyo Olympics after the offi­cial Belaru­sian del­e­ga­tion tried to remove her against her will. She refused to board a plane, sought pro­tec­tion from Japan­ese police, and was grant­ed a human­i­tar­i­an visa by Poland, where she now lives and trains.

This year, Krystsi­na record­ed 11.38 sec­onds in the 100 m and 23.20 in the 200 m – strong results but, unfor­tu­nate­ly, below the qual­i­fy­ing stan­dards for indi­vid­ual events. She was there­fore select­ed by the Pol­ish fed­er­a­tion to join the relay squad.

The relay heats take place on Sep­tem­ber 20, with the final sched­uled for Sep­tem­ber 21. Belaru­sian and Russ­ian ath­letes are not admit­ted to the World Cham­pi­onships.

The AFF ful­ly sup­ports Krystsi­na and wish­es her and her team­mates every suc­cess in Tokyo.

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