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Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained again in his banned helmet Wednesday, one day before the start of his race at the Milano-Cortina Games and with the International Olympic Committee urging him to make his point differently.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych said Tuesday he still wants to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his country who were killed in the war with Russia even though the IOC won't allow it.
Ukrainian national skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who was banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from wearing a helmet with portraits of deceased Ukrainian athletes at the XXV Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, said that using the helmet does not violate IOC rules and it deserves to be at the Olympic Games.
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said Tuesday he still wants to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his country who were killed in the war with Russia even though the IOC won't allow it.
KYIV, Feb 10 : The International Olympic Committee's decision banning Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych from using a helmet with images of Ukrainian sportspeople killed during the war was "profoundly wrong", Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed support for Ukrainian national skeletonist Vladyslav Heraskevych, who was banned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from wearing a helmet bearing portraits of deceased Ukrainian athletes.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY, Feb 10 : Ukraine's Olympic Committee has put in a request for their skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych to wear a "helmet of remembrance" at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in honour of those killed in the war with Russia, it said on Tuesday.
MILAN, Feb 9 : Ukrainian skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Monday he had been told by an IOC representative that he was banned from wearing a helmet at the Milano Cortina Games showing images of the country's athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.