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Exiled Olympian on the State of Affairs in Belarus

Until recently, Belarusian Olympian Kristina Timanovskaya was not widely known outside of her native country. But now she’s captured global headlines after her high profile defection to Poland. It began when she criticized her coaches on Instagram – before she knew it, she was being pressured to travel back home. But a panicked call with her family persuaded her to seek asylum outside of Belarus.

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