To the fallout from sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's case.
Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Tokyo Olympics, four days after they were found to have put Tsimanouskaya on a plane headed to Belarus.
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This came as the International Olympic Committee announced today it has stripped Artur Shimak and Yurk Maisevich of their accreditation.
According to the Olympic body, it was done as an interim measure during a formal investigation into the case as investigators will find out more about the well-being of the athletes.
The two coaches continued to have contact with Belarusian athletes since Sunday after the IOC said they took them to an international airport in Tokyo and put Tsimanouskaya on a plane headed to Belarus.
Tsimanouskaya had criticised team coaches on social media and is currently in Poland with a humanitarian visa. But she clarified yesterday that she didn't partake in any anti-government protests in January last year.
The IOC had earlier banned the President and his son from attending the Olympic Games.
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