The biggest controversy of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics came to a head on Thursday morning, as Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych has trained the Winter Olympics in a helmet with images of compatriots killed during the war in his country

Ukranian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych claims the IOC has banned his helmet featuring images of people killed in the war in his home country, in a decision that "breaks my…