Vladysav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified from over his remembrance helmet, has received his country's Order of Freedom.

Vladyslav Heraskevych has been warned he faces disqualification from the Winter Olympics if he wears a ‘helmet of memory’ for his country’s war dead, but has hit back at the IOC…

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych continues to wear a helmet featuring images of people killed during Russia's invasion of his home country, despite the IOC banning…

Per rifiuto compromesso su casco con volti connazionali uccisi

Gli ha conferito l’Ordine della Libertà

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during…

Allo skeletonista Vladyslav Heraskevych era stata offerta in alternativa la possibilità di gareggiare con il lutto al braccio

Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was kicked out of the Olympics for wearing a helmet honoring fellow athletes killed in Russia's invasion.

El abanderado de Ucrania en los Juegos Olímpicos de invierno se negó a acatar la orden del COI

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The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladylsav Heraskevych has been kicked out of the Winter Olympics after he refused to back down from wanting to wear a ‘helmet of memory’ in honour of…

Vladyslav Heraskevych said the decision "plays along with Russia’s narrative” and accused the IOC of betraying the memory of the athletes.

IOC bans Vladyslav Heraskevych for repeatedly wearing helmet that depicts Ukrainian athletes killed in war with Russia.

The IOC said it had offered Vladyslav Heraskevych other options instead of wearing a banned helmet, which depicts athletes killed in the war in Ukraine. He refused, arguing that…

Il governo ucraino contro il CIO per la squalifica di Heraskevych che voleva indossare un casco in memoria degli atleti caduti in guerra

Vladyslav Heraskevych non prenderà parte alla gara olimpica di skeleton ai Giochi di Milano Cortina. L’atleta ucraino è stato escluso dopo aver rifiutato la richiesta del...

"Sport shouldn't mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors," said Ukraine's president.

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.

Comitato Olimpico: 'La decisione presa per il rifiuto di Heraskevych di conformarsi alle linee Guida' (ANSA)

The Olympics and politics often mix and here's some competitors who were punished for it.

Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych is banned from the Olympics for refusing to replace a helmet that honored dead compatriots, officials said Thursday.