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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

Skier flees country with family over political views after Winter Olympics ban

A Belarusian athlete and her family feel they have been forced to flee their homeland for political reasons.

Darya Dolidovich was barred from competing at the Winter Olympics in Beijing this month by her own country.

Now, the 17-year-old cross-county skier and her family have sought refuge in Poland after uprooting their lives to run away from Belarus.

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