IOC bans another Ukrainian athlete from wearing helmet with slogan at Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has continued to put pressure on Ukrainian athletes competing at the 2026 Olympic ...

'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics

Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat." It was banned from the Olympics on the grounds ...

Ukrainian Olympian disqualified for helmet honouring war-fallen athletes

Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said, “This is price of our dignity” as he left the Olympics before his first run. View on euronews ...

Ukrainian’s helmet honors war dead

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said Tuesday he still wants to compete at the Milan Cortina Games wearing a ...
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Ukrainian trains in helmet honouring fellow athletes killed in war; IOC says it’s banned for race

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said Tuesday he still wants to compete at the Milan Cortina Games wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his country who were killed in the war ...