Athlete Who Chose Asylum at the Tokyo Olympics

Athlete who chose asylum at the Tokyo Olympics gets qualification to represent Poland

‘Three years after acquiring new nationality’ national team selection regulations exception application

Tokyo Olympics

During the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021, track and field athlete Kristina Cimanowskaya (26), who refused forced entry to Belarus and defected, qualified for the Polish national team.

The World Athletics Federation announced on the 온라인카지노 7th (local time) through the player introduction section of Chimanowskaya,

Chimanoskaya

“Chimanoskaya, who represented Belarus, can compete for the Polish national team from August 6 according to federation regulations.”

Chimanowskaya fled to Poland in August 2021 and acquired Polish citizenship on August 31 last year.

World Athletics Federation

The World Athletics Federation said, “Athletes who have represented a country in international competitions can only represent their new country after three years of naturalization. there is,” he said.

However, the ban period for international competitions is flexibly applied to players who have fled due to political persecution.

Chimanowskaya qualified for the Polish national team two years after exile and one year after obtaining citizenship.

On the 7th, he said on social network service (SNS), “I was given a great opportunity,” and “Suddenly, too many things happen and I feel complicated emotions.

Still, I am very happy [to qualify for the Polish national team].”

Although qualified to compete for Poland, it is yet to be seen if Chimanowskaya will compete at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, which starts on 19 August. No.

First of all, it is impossible to compete in individual events.

Budapest World Championships

The women’s 100m record at the Budapest World Championships is 11.08 seconds and the 200m record is 22.60 seconds.

During the recognition period of her record, Chimanuskaya failed to pass the standard time in either of her events, and her ranking points position was also significantly lowered.

Polish Athletics Federation

Unless the Polish Athletics Federation adds Chimanowskaya as a member of her relay, we won’t see Chimanowskaya at the World Championships.

The Associated Press said the Polish Athletics Federation did not respond to questions about Chimanowskaya.

Chimanowskaya competed in the Tokyo Olympics as a Belarusian athletics representative in 2021, but instead of returning to Belarus, she opted for exile in Poland.

It started when a representative of the national team instructed Chimanovskaya, whose main event is the 100m and 200m, “to compete in the 1,600m relay.”

In response, Chimanovskaya posted an article on social media criticizing officials of the Belarusian athletics team.

Belarus has decided to force Chimanovskaya to enter the country.

“It all came to a sudden decision,” Chimanovskaya recalled.

He had already received a message from his grandmother in Belarus telling him to “never come back here.”

Chimanowskaya showed off her wits after arriving at Haneda Airport in Japan.

There was a Belarusian official right next to me, but I asked the Japanese police at the airport to ‘get away from them’ using a mobile phone translator.

With the help of the Japanese police, Chimanowskaya arrived in Poland via Vienna, Austria.

After the Tokyo Olympics, Chimanovskaya did not compete in international competitions for about two years.

However, with the World Athletics Federation granting Chimanowskaya qualification for the Polish national team, he is more likely to compete internationally before other Belarusian athletes.