Ukrainian Olympian REMOVED FROM GAMES After Trying To Wear Helmet Honoring WAR VICTIMS | TRENDING
February 12, 2026
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as posted by the channelUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back Thursday on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to disqualify a Ukrainian skeleton racer from competition in the Winter Olympic Games, who insisted on wearing a helmet honoring athletes and coaches killed in the nation‘s nearly four-year-long war with Russia.
“Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors,” Zelensky wrote in a post on social platform X. “Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise.”
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