August 27, 2021 10:39 pm | Updated 11:02 pm IST - MOSCOW
In this file photo taken on August 05, 2021 Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya poses with t-shirt with the lettering reading 'I just want to run' during a press conference in Warsaw, one day after her arrival in Poland.
Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who said her team tried to forcibly fly her home from the Tokyo Olympics and has since sought refuge in Poland, has sold her silver medal from the 2019 European Games for $21,000, a sports NGO, BSSF, said.
“I didn’t expect that it would be bought for such a sum,” the 24-year-old said as quoted by BSSF, adding that she was “very happy”. The sprinter said she plans to donate the money towards helping athletes like herself.
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