Meet the 22 athletes Russia killed whose faces got Ukraine’s Olympian banned
Vladyslav Heraskevych was a medal contender in skeleton at the Winter Olympics — until he refused to race without the 22 faces painted on his helmet.
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IOC disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton racer from Olympics after he refused to remove helmet honoring war victims
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych will not compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics after the International Olympic Committee disqualified the 27-year-old Kyiv native for wearing a helmet featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia's invasion during training sessions
“Remembrance is not violation”: Ukrainian soldiers respond to IOC ban of portraits of killed Ukrainian athletes on athlete’s helmet
IOC prohibits Ukrainian skeleton athlete's tribute to fallen but allows Russian athletes to compete at same Olympics.