The husband of a Belarusian track and field athlete who came to Japan to participate in the Tokyo Olympics and wished to asylum in a third country told the media that he had mixed feelings, saying, "I didn't think it would be this far." ..
The players are expected to leave Japan for their exile in Poland soon.
Belarus national team athletics girl Christina Chimanouskaya (24) requested asylum in a third country, and the vice minister of foreign affairs of neighboring Poland issued a visa on Twitter on the 2nd for humanitarian consideration. He revealed that he had accepted asylum.
Meanwhile, Chimanouskaya's husband, Arseny, has left Belarus and is now moving to the southern neighboring country of Ukraine.
"I thought something would happen in the team, but I didn't think it would be this far," Arseny said in an interview with British television station Sky News on the 2nd. ..
He also stated that he was not a planned asylum, saying, "We are athletes, we are only dedicated to sports, and we are not interested in protests by anti-government groups." ..
Chimanouskaya is expected to leave Japan for his exile in Poland soon, and when he posted his dissatisfaction within the team on SNS in response to NHK's coverage so far, he was forced to return home as a criticism of the administration. I explain that it has happened.