Ukraine athlete barred from Olympics over memorial helmet
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 12/02/2026
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday after refusing to back down over his banned helmet, which depicts victims of his country’s war with Russia.The athlete had insisted he would continue to wear the headgear, which carries pictures of Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, in competition.But the International Olympic Committee said Heraskevych had been kicked out of the Milan-Cortina Games after failing “to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines”.Ukraine President Volodymyr (…)
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