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IOC bans Ukrainian skeleton slider’s helmet showing athletes killed in war
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.

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IOC allows Ukrainian athlete to wear black armband, but bans helmet honoring fallen athletes
IOC bans Ukrainian skeleton slider helmet honouring fallen athletes
IOC bans Ukrainian Heraskevych from wearing 'helmet of remembrance' at Games
Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych will not be allowed to wear a "helmet of remembrance" in honour of those killed in the war with Russia in the skeleton competition at the Winter Games, the Internationa...

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Ukrainian skeleton racer at Olympics says his helmet tribute to fallen athletes won't be allowed
Ukrainian athlete ‘banned’ from wearing anti-Russia helmet bearing faces of war victims
Skeleton-Ukraine's Heraskevych displays images of athletes killed in war on his helmet
The 26-year-old, who held up a “No War in Ukraine” sign at the Beijing Olympics days before Russia’s 2022 invasion, had said he intended to respect Olympic rules prohibiting political demonstrations a...

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Ukraine skeleton racer says war victim helmet banned
IOC bars Ukrainian athlete’s helmet honoring athletes killed during war

Ukrainian skeleton competitor Heraskevych says banned by IOC from wearing helmet showing athletes killed in war

Ukrainian skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych said he had been told by an IOC representative that he was banned from wearing a helmet at the Milano Cortina Games showing images of the country's athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian sports minister decries signs IOC may soften restrictions on Russian athletes

Ukraine's sports minister has decried a potential softening of restrictions against Russian athletes where they might ultimately be able to compete in the future under their national flag rather than as "Individual Neutral Athletes.

‘We can’t win this alone’: Ukraine’s flag bearer urges world not to forget war, hints at protest over IOC’s neutral policy

Ukraine’s Winter Olympics flag bearer Vladyslav Heraskevych says that his teammates could stage protests at the Milan Cortina Games over the decision to allow neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in Italy.