Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after brief detention in Poland

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has been released after being briefly detained at Krakow airport in Poland. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says “I was disappointed by this attitude towards our citizen and champion.” Airport border guards said Wednesday that Usyk was protesting after an airline declined to take his traveling companion on board and the two refused to leave the gate. The 37-year-old Usyk was briefly handcuffed as he was being brought to the border guards’ police station. He is one of Ukraine’s most prominent athletes known abroad, and he has organized and participated in different projects aiding his country’s efforts to resist Russia’s invasion.