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A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood

  • Written by: Keith Rathbone, Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstoodMartin Meissner/AP

The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland.

Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish government after claiming the Belarusian Olympic Committee was trying to force her back to Minsk where she was in...

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