Bio

Krystsina Siarheyeuna Tsimanouskaya (Belarusian: Крысціна Сяргееўна Ціманоўская, Łacinka: Kryscina Siarhiejeŭna Cimanoŭskaja, pronounced ; born 19 November 1996) is a Belarusian sprinter. She won a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2017 European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland; a gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy; and a silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. Tsimanouskaya qualified to represent Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 m and 200 m events. On 30 July 2021, during the Games, she accused officials from the Belarus Olympic Committee of forcing her to compete in the 4 × 400 metres relay race without her consent. On 1 August 2021, she was taken to Tokyo's Haneda Airport against her will, where she refused to board a flight back to Belarus. She was given police protection and granted a humanitarian visa by Poland, to which she traveled on 4 August 2021.