Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over helmet design
February 12, 2026
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as posted by the channelUkrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is appealling the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to disqualify him after he refused to change his helmet.
The IOC says Heraskevych's helmet — adorned with the faces of fellow athletes and coaches killed in Ukraine's ongoing war with Russia — violates their rules around athletes' expression, a claim he and other Ukrainians reject.
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