On Thursday morning, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) laid prices towards Belarusian coach Yury Maisevich for his therapy of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who defected to Poland throughout the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The AIU has charged Yury Maisevich of Belarus for alleged breaches of the World Athletics’ Integrity Code of Conduct concerning the withdrawal of sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games in August 2021.
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At some point earlier than Tsimanouskaya was attributable to compete within the ladies’s 200m on the Tokyo Olympics, she accused officers from the Belarus Olympic Committee of forcing her to compete within the 4x400m relay with out her consent. She complained concerning the scenario in a video on social media, which led to criticism by the Belarus media, which claimed she lacked staff spirit.
She was compelled to overlook her 200m race due to the incident. The following day she was taken to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and despatched house, however she refused to board the flight again to Belarus.
The nationwide staff coach, Maisevich, and Belarusian Olympic official Artur Shumak each had their accreditation revoked by the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) after Tsimanouskaya claimed she was taken to the airport towards her will. She sought assist from the police in Japan; two weeks later, Tsimanouskaya, 26, acquired a humanitarian visa to Poland and secure passage to the nation, which borders Belarus. She later grew to become a Polish citizen, and is at present finding out on the Józef Piłsudski College of Bodily Training in Warsaw.
In Sept. 2021, IOC and World Athletics referred the matter to the AIU, charging Maisevich with breaching requirements outlined within the Integrity Code of Conduct.
The AIU is an impartial physique created by World Athletics to handle all integrity points (each doping-related and non-doping-related) for the game of athletics.
The pinnacle of the AIU, Brett Clothier, defined in a press launch: “An essential position of the AIU is to safeguard athletes and defend them from harassment.”
The AIU alleges that, with respect to the circumstances of Tsimanouskaya’s removing from the Olympics, “Maisevich didn’t act with integrity and acted in unhealthy religion; didn’t safeguard the athlete’s dignity and his actions constituted verbal and psychological harassment; and that he introduced athletics typically into disrepute.”
The AIU has not revealed the specifics of the cost and the implications for Maisevich’s future within the sport will not be clear.
