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Belarus Olympic sprinter arrives in Vienna amid safety fears

by Vladimir IsachenkovAlex Schuller
| August 4, 2021 6:42 AM

VIENNA, Austria (AP) — A plane carrying a Belarusian Olympic sprinter seeking refuge landed in Austria on Wednesday after she resisted an attempt by her Olympic team’s officials to send her home, where she feared reprisals from the authoritarian government.

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