IOC strips two Belarus Olympic coaches of accreditation over Tsimanouskaya scandal
by Andrew Roth in Moscow from on (#5N0WN)
Artur Shumak and Yuri Moisevich leave 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games village as investigation into efforts to force sprinter home continue
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expelled two Belarusian coaches who pulled sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya from the Olympic Games and tried to force her to board a flight home to Minsk.
Athletics head coach Artur Shumak and team official Yuri Moisevich had their accreditations rescinded and were asked to leave the Olympic village, the organisation announced in a Twitter post on Friday.
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