Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Now cleared to run for Poland after her drama at the Tokyo Olympics, Belarus-born sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is representing her new country in three events at the world championships this month.
The Polish track federation said Tuesday that Tsimanouskaya is being selected for the 100 meters, 200 and 4x100 relay. She became eligible for her adopted country Sunday.
The track and field worlds are held Aug. 19-27 in Budapest, Hungary. BELARUS OLYMPIAN KRYSTSINA TSIMANOUSKAYA FEARED 'SOME FORM OF PUNISHMENT' BACK HOME AMID ROW Tsimanouskaya has lived in Poland since Belarus team officials tried to remove her from the Tokyo Olympics two years ago during a crackdown on dissent by the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) She had run in the 100 heats but, before the heats of her favored 200, she criticized team officials on social media for putting her in the 4x400 relay team against her wishes.