“She would not have done it herself if she had not been controlled,” BelTA quoted him as saying at a meeting with journalists.

Earlier, Timanovskaya on social networks criticized the decision of the leadership of the national team of Belarus, having learned that she was announced for the 4 × 400 m relay at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Later, the athlete asked the IOC for help, saying that they were trying to take her out of Tokyo without consent.

On August 2, the Polish Foreign Ministry announced that it had received the Timanovskaya humanitarian visa.

The Polish authorities also issued a humanitarian visa to Arseniy Zdanevich, the husband of a Belarusian athlete.