The European Commission has sharply criticized Belarus for dealing with athlete Kristina Timanowskaya and at the same time explained its solidarity with the athlete.
"The attempt to bring Kristina Timanowskaja with violence into her homeland is another example of which brutality is suppressed by the regime of Lukashenko (President Alexander Lukashenko, d. Red.) People in Belarus," said Commission speaker Nabila Massrali of the welt .
"The reprisals meet the entire Belarussian society, even athletes and do not stop before the Olympic peace," said Massrali: "We express our full solidarity to Kristina Timanowskaya our full solidarity and our respect for the Member States who offered their support. And We welcome that Poland has issued her a humanitarian visa. "
Timanowskaja spends night at the airport
The 24-year-old Timanovskaya spent the night for Monday in a hotel at Haneda Airport, after the social media had feared to be brought back to Belarus against her will. She also called the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for help.
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Trigger of the affair was apparently a now deleted video that Timanovskaya had posted at Instagram. In it, she criticized the Belarusian Athletics Association. Timanovskaya announced that she had been forced to attend the 4x400 race because the association did not guarantee the number of sufficient doping controls for the athletes provided for the season.
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