Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 50m Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Adam Pretty (Getty Images) Former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia, one of the most prominent Belarusian athletes of the last few decades, has been sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison on charges of creating an extremist formation, according to the Viasna Human Rights Centre.
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