2026 Winter Olympics: Ukrainian skeleton racer Heraskevych banned over memorial helmet
- Posted on February 12, 2026
- By Le Monde
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2026 Winter Olympics: Ukrainian skeleton racer Heraskevych banned over memorial helmet
The IOC said it had offered Vladyslav Heraskevych other options instead of wearing a banned helmet, which depicts athletes killed in the war in Ukraine. He refused, arguing that the IOC decision 'plays along with Russian propaganda.'
