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Belarus sprinter Tsimanouskaya 'happy to be in safety'

Tsimanouskaya took refuge at the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing her team's orders to fly home from the Olympic Games.

"I'm happy to be here, I'm happy to be in safety", she said at a news conference in Warsaw after her arrival on Wednesday (August 4) morning.

She also thanked the Japanese government, airport police and the Polish authorities, including those who accompanied her from Tokyo to Warsaw.