Belarusian leader claims Olympics sprinter was manipulated
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who defected at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, had been "manipulated" by outside forces.
Tsimanouskaya fled to Poland from Tokyo following a dispute with her coaching team which she said had led to her being ordered home.
"She wouldn't do it herself, she was manipulated. It was from Japan, from Tokyo that she con