A medal won by Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has actually been offered in an on-line public auction to sustain professional athletes in political discussion.
The silver medal won by Tsimanouskaya at the 2019 European Gamings brought $21,000 (EUR17,800), according to the Belarusian Sports Uniformity Structure (BSSF).
The structure introduced in a Telegram blog post on Friday that the medal had actually been offered to a purchaser on ebay.com in the USA.
The BSSF included that the sale had actually drawn in “a great deal of rate of interest” from collection agencies.
Throughout the Tokyo Olympics, Tsimanouskaya had actually declared she was being required to return house to Belarus for publically criticising the nation’s sports federation.
The sprinter had actually revealed concerns that she would certainly be incarcerated upon arrival in Belarus and also gotten security from Japanese authorities at Haneda Airport terminal to prevent her being required onto a trip.
The case produced global interest and also triggered the International Olympic Board to introduce an examination.
She was at some point provided an altruistic visa to Poland, where she currently stays in expatriation.
The 24-year-old professional athlete informed Euronews that she and also her partner currently have bodyguards that manage their everyday tasks.
” Each time I intend to head out, I need to obtain authorization,” Tsimanouskaya claimed.
” I really did not anticipate it to opt for such a high rate,” Tsimanouskaya was priced quote by the BSSF as claiming on Friday, including that she was “extremely satisfied”.
According to the BSSF, the cash increased from the sale of her medal will certainly be utilized to assist various other professional athletes that have actually “experienced”.
The structure was produced by previous specialist swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia– that is additionally in problem with Minsk and also staying in expatriation– and also supplies economic and also lawful support to Belarusian professional athletes targeted by the authorities.
Because the challenged re-election of Belarusian Head of state Alexander Lukashenko in August 2020, authorities have actually salaried a rough suppression on challengers and also independent media.
