Coach who tried to force Olympic sprinter back to Belarus lands five-year ban
- Yury Moisevich guilty of ‘affront to athlete’s dignity’
- Krystsina Tsimanouskaya feared for her safety in Belarus
An Olympic coach who tried to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home from the Tokyo Games to Belarus, where she feared for her safety, was banned from the sport for five years on Tuesday.
Yury Moisevich’s actions in Tokyo were adjudged to be “a clear affront to the athlete’s dignity and an abuse of … power,” the Athletics Integrity Unit said. He also was found guilty of “providing false or inaccurate information in the course of events leading up to the athlete’s departure from the Olympic Village” in August 2021. The 63-year-old coach is banned from working in track and field until February 2029.