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Ukrainian Olympic athlete disqualified over helmet commemorating victims of Russian invasion
Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from competing at the Milan Cortina Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet that commemorates the lives of Ukrainian athletes lost...

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Ukrainian athlete tests the Olympic rules on free speech — and gets disqualified
Ukraine outraged over Olympic ban on athlete honouring war victims
Ukrainian slider's Olympics over as helmet appeal dismissed
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych will not compete at the Winter Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) dismissed his appeal to wear a helmet depicting images of athletes...

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Who is Vladyslav Heraskevych? The Ukrainian disqualified from the Winter Olympics over war tribute helmet
Ukrainian athlete risks Olympic ban over helmet honoring the fallen
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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Ukrainian Skeleton Racer Banned from Competing in 2026 Winter Olympics Over Helmet of Athletes Who Died in War
Ukrainians rush to support 'hero' skeleton racer after IOC disqualification

Olympics-Ukrainian athlete Heraskevych's appeal for reinstatement dismissed by sports court

MILAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday dismissed an appeal by Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to be reinstated in the Milano Cortina Olympics after he was disqualified over his “helmet of remembrance".

Ukrainian sports minister decries signs IOC may soften restrictions on Russian athletes

Ukraine's sports minister has decried a potential softening of restrictions against Russian athletes where they might ultimately be able to compete in the future under their national flag rather than as "Individual Neutral Athletes.