Aryna Sabalenka is "not an expert in politics" and never has that been more apparent than when she denounced a war and an autocratic strongman with a history of revenge.
Two-time Olympic swimming medallist Aliaksandra Herasimenia, a
well-known critic of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, has
been sentenced to 12 years in prison in absentia for "creating an
extremist formation" - linked to her work with the Belarus Sports
Solidarity Foundation.