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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 : Ukraine's skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games on Thursday over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, the International Olympic Committee said.
MILAN, Feb 12 : Ukraine's skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday over the use of a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the conflict with Russia since Moscow's invasion in 2022, he said.
Veteran sportswriter Richard Deitsch takes an international view of the Olympics.
KYIV, Feb 11 : Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots watches the Winter Olympics in the rare moments she has power at home, but the creator of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's banned helmet depicting Ukraine's war dead feels detached from the Games.
© Anton Sevastianov / UNDP in Ukraine
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych vowed Tuesday that he would wear a helmet depicting victims of the war with Russia despite a ban imposed by Olympic chiefs.
The International Olympic Committee says it wants Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych to race as it seeks to resolve the issue over his helmet that features pictures of people who have been killed in the war with Russia.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 11 : Confident world number one and hot favourite Matt Weston opted to skip the final Olympic skeleton training runs on Wednesday, satisfied with his three fastest and one second in his four runs so far as he targets Britain's first men's gold in the event.