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Ukraine skeleton racer Heraskevych disqualified from Olympics over memorial helmet

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...

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2026 Winter Olympics: Ukraine skeleton racer banned for wearing helmet honoring victims of war

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Ukrainian skeleton athlete out of Olympics over banned helmet

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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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Artist behind banned Ukrainian Olympic helmet calls Heraskevych's tribute 'great heroism'

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Ukrainian athlete tests the Olympic rules on free speech — and gets disqualified

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Ukraine minister slams those who want Russia to return to Olympics

Ukraine sports minister hits out ‘irresponsible’ people who want Russia to return to Olympics - Matvii Bidnyi, Ukraine's minister of youth and sports, said that any change would appear to condone Russ

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.

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Ukraine says Russia behind fake posts targeting Winter Olympics team

Ukraine blamed a Russian disinformation campaign Thursday after fake news posted online about its Winter Olympics team, including a story criticising an athlete disqualified for trying to highlight war deaths.

Ukraine's only figure skater channels his family's journey through war into his Olympic program

Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak was exhausted last summer as he trained for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. Drained, anxious and even joyless, still he forced himself to prepare for

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Ukrainian Olympian tells CNN he will continue honoring athletes killed in war: ‘Some things are more important than sports’

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych tells CNN he will defy the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and wear his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian sports minister decries potential softening of restrictions against Russian athletes

Ukraine's sports minister 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.