Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych is the most important athlete at the Olympics right now
Veteran sportswriter Richard Deitsch takes an international view of the Olympics.
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IOC urges Ukrainian racer to compete amid row over banned war victim helmet
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.
Skeleton-Confident Briton Weston skips final training runs
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.
IOC 'begs' defiant Ukrainian to race without war dead helmet
MILAN/CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Feb 11 : The International Olympic Committee pleaded on Wednesday with skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to compete without his banned helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia's invasion and avoid potential disqualification.
IOC 'begs' Ukrainian Heraskevych to compete at Games without war dead helmet
MILAN, Feb 11 : The International Olympic Committee pleaded on Wednesday with Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych to compete without his banned helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed in the war against Russia and avoid a potential disqualification.
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Heraskevych trains again in banned helmet, despite IOC ruling
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.
Skeleton-Germany's Pfeifer, Britain's Stoecker set the pace in training runs
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 11 : Germany's Jacqueline Pfeifer and Briton Tabitha Stoecker continued their back-and-forth battle in their final skeleton training runs on Wednesday and will hope to continue that form when it matters on Friday when the battle for medals starts.
Olympics OKs armband, but Ukrainian athlete pushes for helmet - ESPN
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.