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SAINT-DENIS, France — Three years ago, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's Olympics ended in a dramatic standoff at a Tokyo airport when officials from the Belarus team tried to send her home against her will. She's back at the Paris Olympics with a new country and some unfinished business. A diplomatic incident erupted at the Tokyo Games when the Belarus team sent Tsimanouskaya to the airport and she appealed to Japanese police for help. She had criticized Belarus' coaches. Tsimanouskaya received help to relocate to Belarus' neighbor Poland and she was racing for Poland at the Paris Olympics.
