The United States has called Belarus' efforts to extradite an Olympic athlete an example of cross-border repression

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has called the Belarusian government's attempt to force Kristina Zymanaskaya, the country's female sprinter at the Tokyo Olympics, to leave the race after criticizing Alexander Lukashenko another example of Minsk "cross-border repression" and "distorted" it. "Olympic spirit," he said