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Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case

FILE - In this Wednesday Aug. 11, 2021 file photo, Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya speaks to The Associated Press in Warsaw, Poland. An investigation into two Belarus team officials who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on a flight from the Tokyo Olympics will now be run by track and field authorities. World Athletics said on Thursday Sept. 30, 2021, its independent Athletics Integrity Unit is taking over the case from the International Olympic Committee. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) FILE - In this Friday, July 30, 2021 file photo, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan. An investigation into two Belarus team officials who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on a flight from the Tokyo Olympics will now be run by track and field authorities. World Athletics said on Thursday Sept. 30, 2021, its independent Athletics Integrity Unit is taking over the case from the International Olympic Committee. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures as he speaks during an expanded meeting of the Constitutional Commission in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. The authoritarian leader of Belarus announced a referendum on a new constitution in Feb. 2022 and promised not to let the opposition come to power. Alexander Lukashenko told a government meeting Tuesday he had drafted a new constitution that redistributes powers between the main branches of the government and establishes a new governing body, the All-Belarus People's Assembly. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA photo via AP)
Athletics investigators take over Belarus Olympic case