Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrives in Poland

• "I did not know he was leaving Belarus," Tsimanouskaya told Reuters of her husband, Arseni Zhdanevich, who traveled to Ukraine while Tsimanouskaya sought sanctuary at the Polish embassy in Tokyo. "My grandma or mother told me. He called me when he was already on the way."
• "He said that he and our parents decided that he must leave too. And he quickly packed some things and left," she added.

The big picture: Belarus is in the midst of a political crisis, with leader Alexander Lukashenko cracking down on dissidents. Many critics have been detained or have fled the country.

• Belarus officials took Tsimanouskaya to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sunday following her criticism of team coaches.
• She told AP earlier in the week that officials from her country made it clear that she "would definitely face some form of punishment" if she returned home.