“We have decided to launch, not surprisingly, a formal investigation, which will be led by the IOC administration,” he stated at a news conference. “We need to establish the full facts. We need to hear everyone involved. That obviously can take time.”
The Belarusian Olympic Committee told the NYT that it removed Tsimanouskaya from the Olympics because of her “emotional and psychological state,” and she didn’t compete in the 200-meter race on Monday.
Dzmitry Dauhalionak, a leader of Belarus’ National Olympic Committee, declined the AP’s request for comment.
The IOC had already banned Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and his son, Viktor Lukashenko, who is the president of the Belarusian Olympic Committee, from attending the Games, according to the NYT. The country was still allowed to send 103 team members to compete.
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