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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 Athlete Disqualified From Olympics Over Helmet
Winter Olympics 2026: IOC bans two Ukrainian athletes from wearing helmets focusing on war
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Ukrainian skeleton slider withdrawn from Olympics after ‘refusing to adhere’ to IOC rules on helmet honoring dead compatriots
Zelensky accuses Olympics of ‘playing into Russia’s hands’ after Ukraine athlete disqualified
Winter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026: Vladyslav Heraskevych Barred By IOC For His Controversial Helmet
The helmet of remembrance featured portraits of 24 Ukrainian athletes and children killed during the Russian invasion.

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Ukrainian Athlete Tests the Olympic Rules on Free Speech - and Gets Disqualified
Ukrainian Olympian banned from Winter Games over helmet showing compatriots killed in Russia's war

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.

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.