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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.
Matthew Tkachuk couldn't believe what he was hearing.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 10 : It still demands something of a double-take to read that Britain, a country without a single sliding track, is the second-most successful skeleton nation in Olympic history, and that medal haul looks set to be increased in Cortina this week.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 10 : The decision to treat U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn in Treviso, a northeastern Italian city of just over 85,000 people, surprised many who believed her team would choose a private clinic in Milan or Austria after her crash in Sunday's Olympic downhill.
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 10 : Such is the popularity of biathlon in war-torn Ukraine that winter sports fans have been buying generators to provide power so they can watch the country's young competitors such as Oleksandra Merkushyna in action at the Milano Cortina Olympics.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 10 : Curler Rich Ruohonen became the latest U.S. athlete to weigh into domestic politics on Tuesday, condemning immigration sweeps in his home state of Minnesota that is a hotbed for the sport.