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International Olympic Committee secures big win on athlete speech limits ahead of 2028 LA Games
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld IOC rules limiting political or commemorative athlete expressions, reinforcing guidelines for athlete conduct at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IOC's decision, denying the Ukrainian athlete’s appeal against disqualification on Friday.
- The IOC allowed the helmet of memory in training but barred Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing it during his four competition runs under Athlete Expression Guidelines, not Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter.
- The court published its written ruling five hours after the hearing, with Judge Annett Rombach fully upholding the IOC's position, calling the limitations reasonable and proportionate while supporting athlete accreditation and compromises like a black armband and media interview areas.
- The verdict reinforces limits on athlete expression and eases the IOC's legal path with the Los Angeles Summer Games in two years.
- The IOC says the guidelines protect athletes from pressure, but the helmet with no words made political content harder to prove and drew sympathy from Kirsty Coventry and Zelenskyy on Thursday.
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International Olympic Committee secures big win on athlete speech limits ahead of 2028 LA Games
The International Olympic Committee secured a victory for itself when a Ukrainian skeleton athlete lost his appeal against disqualification from the Milan Cortina Games.
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