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Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics because of banned helmet honoring war dead

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic ...

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Ukrainian star disqualified from Winter Olympics over helmet honoring war dead

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Ukrainian athlete Heraskevych allowed to use black ribbon instead of "memory helmet" at Olympics

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Ukraine's Heraskevych appeals Games ban with CAS, wants supervised run

Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has appealed his Winter Olympics competition ban over a helmet depicting dead Ukrainian athletes with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CA...

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Ukrainian Winter Olympics team in furious act of defiance after teammate is thrown out for helmet honoring war dead

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Ukrainian Heraskevych disqualified from Olympic skeleton competition for helmet depicting war dead

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Zelensky accuses Olympics of ‘playing into Russia’s hands’ after Ukraine athlete disqualified

With just over 90 minutes until the first run, Heraskevych again made it clear that he intends to wear a helmet with the faces of 24 athletes who have been killed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Winter Olympics: Day five as it happened as GB's Fear and Gibson miss out on figure skating medal

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Errors cost Team GB ice dancers Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson as medal drought continues

Ukraine's Sports Minister says Heraskevych decision unjust but team will remain at Olympics

Ukraine's Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi believes the decision to disqualify Vladyslav Heraskevych from his skeleton event at the Milano Cortina Games was unjust but told Reuters there was no question of his team pulling out of the Olympics.

Full List of Countries Banned from 2026 Winter Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, mark a historic moment for the Games. Not only because Italy is hosting for the first time since Torino 2006, but because these Olympics will be taking place in multiple locations, with venues scattered across the Italian Alps and Dolomites.