TOKYO OLYMPICS: What you need to know right now

[ASFN Admin]

A Belarusian athlete sought amnesty in the Polish embassy in Tokyo in a diplomatic controversy playing out on the sideline of the Games, as Simone Biles said she would be back to compete in the final gymnastics event. Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who took refuge in the Polish embassy on Monday a day after refusing her team's orders to board a flight home from the Olympic Games, has been granted a humanitarian visa by the Warsaw government. Tsimanouskaya, 24, had been due to compete in the women's 200 metre heats on Monday, but her Games was cut short when she was taken to the airport to board a Turkish Airlines flight.

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