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Ukraine, Olympic Games and Heraskevych

Ukraine outraged over Olympic ban on athlete honouring war victims

Ukraine has voiced outrage over a decision from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar their skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing at the Milan/Cortina Games over a helmet dis...

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

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Ukraine skeleton helmet controversy, explained: Why Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing at Olympics

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Ukrainian Athlete Tests the Olympic Rules on Free Speech — and Gets Disqualified

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee's rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back.

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Ukrainian Skeleton Racer Vladyslav Heraskevych Loses Appeal in Olympic ‘Helmet of Memory’ Dispute

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

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Disqualified at the Olympics, Ukrainian skeleton racer gains a different top honor

Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified over his custom helmet, which shows the faces of athletes and coaches killed during the war with Russia.

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What Ukrainian athletes and leaders say about the IOC and Heraskevych

On Feb. 12, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych just before the start of competition at the 25th Winter Olympic Games in 2026. The reason was a “memory helmet” featuring photos of Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia.

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Olympic boxing at Paris 2024: Biggest stories, replays, medal results, top athletes, highlights

Across the 13 contested boxing events at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Uzbekistan and China were the big winners. At the end of these Games, Uzbek boxers struck gold in five out of the seven men's categories contested. The biggest winner of all? Uzbekistan's super heavyweight (92+kg/202+) Bakhodir Jalolov. (We mean that in the most literal sense.)