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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian skeleton racer who was disqualified from the Milan Cortina Olympics was given a gift of more than $200,000 on Tuesday to help him keep competing and advocating for his country.
MILAN, Feb 17 : The owner of Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk has donated more than $200,000 to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after the athlete was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games before competing over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, the club said on Tuesday.
Businessman Rinat Akhmetov will transfer UAH 10 million to Olympic athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych and his coaching staff — an amount equivalent to the Olympic gold prize money he and his team would have received for a victory, according to a press release from the Akhmetov Foundation published on its website on Tuesday.
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MILAN, Feb 16 : The colour of an Olympic medal does not really matter, Minerva Fabienne Hase said on Monday after claiming bronze in the pairs competition with partner Nikita Volodin as they put Germany back on the figure skating podium for the first time in eight years.
MILAN, Feb 16 : Russian teenager Adeliia Petrosian heads into her Olympic debut on Tuesday as an untested but technically loaded Olympic wild card, with former skaters saying her quad jumps and triple Axel firepower could put her on the podium if she delivers.
MILAN, Feb 16 : The International Skating Union (ISU) issued a pre-emptive statement on Monday after controversial Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze was present at practice alongside neutral athlete Adeliia Petrosian.
MILAN, Feb 15 : Japan's Kaori Sakamoto faces a trio of rising Americans and a little-known but potentially dangerous Russian teenager when the women's Olympic singles figure skating event starts on Tuesday.