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CNN's Selina Wang reports from outside the Polish embassy in Tokyo after Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland on August 2. Hours earlier, Timanovskaya refused to board a flight out of Japan saying she was being forced to return to her native country against her will and that she feared arrest.

CNN outside embassy where Belarusian sprinter took refuge

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 28: Yui Ohashi of Japan with her gold medal in the womens 200m Individual Medley during the Swimming event on Day 5 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2021 Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Roger Sedres/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Japanese swimmer hopes gold medal rush can help heal divided nation

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 28: Yui Ohashi of Japan with her gold medal in the womens 200m Individual Medley during the Swimming event on Day 5 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 28, 2021 Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Roger Sedres/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Yui Ohashi: Japan swimming star speaks to CNN

The 'hottest games ever': Summer heat threatens athletes

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Tokyo start-up makes prosthetic running blades

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Intel reveals 3D athlete tracking at Olympics

China looks to outshine Japan at next year's winter Olympic games