Poland gives humanitarian visa to another Belarusian athlete

FILE PHOTO: Olga Safronova of Belarus rides Sandro D Amour during the FEI World Cup Final Dressage event at Gothenburg Horse Show in Scandinavium arena, Sweden April 6, 2019. TT News Agency/Bjorn Larsson Rosvall via REUTERS

WARSAW (Reuters) - Belarusian equestrian Olga Safronova has been given a humanitarian visa allowing her to live in Poland, Polish state news agency PAP reported on Sunday, after she was ostracised at home for speaking out against the Belarusian government.

Safronova follows Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, who defected to Poland last month after she said coaches had ordered her to fly home from the Olympic Games in Tokyo.