US EditionUkrainian athlete ‘banned’ from wearing anti-Russia helmet bearing faces of war victims
The IOC cited Rule 50 banning political statements but allowed a black armband; over 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed since 2022, officials said.
- Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych is competing in the Milan Cortina Games while wearing a banned helmet that honors over 20 Ukrainian athletes killed during the conflict with Russia, despite opposition from the International Olympic Committee .
- The IOC ruled that Heraskevych's helmet violated rules against political statements in competition, suggesting he wear a black armband instead to express grief. Heraskevych finds this option inadequate.
- Heraskevych stated, "We will continue to fight for the right to compete in this helmet," asserting he has not violated any rules.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy supported Heraskevych, emphasizing that honoring fallen athletes should not be deemed a political act, stating, 'This truth cannot be inconvenient, inappropriate, or called a political demonstration at a sporting event.'.
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The Ukrainian Vladislav Herazkevych wants to remind with a helmet of athletes who were killed in the Russian war of aggression. The IOC forbids that. The athlete says: In doubt I do not want a medal.
The Heraskevych case has arrived at the Verkhovna Rada. The Ukrainian Parliament has voted a resolution in which it officially asks the International Olympic Committee to allow all Ukrainian athletes to use commemorative symbols of the victims of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The reference is to the Skeletonist Vladyslav Heraskevych, to which on February 9 Cio prohibited to compete at the Milan-Cortina Games wit…
Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevich, who competes in the Skeleton at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games, announced that he will wear his helmet, which contains portraits of the athletes and coaches from his country killed from the Russian invasion, despite the ban...
Ukrainian Olympian to wear helmets honoring those killed by Russia, defying IOC order
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Tuesday he will defy an International Olympic Committee ban and compete in his "helmet of remembrance" honoring those killed in the war with Russia.
On track in the skeleton the flag carrier Heraskevych, with a protection that according to the Olympic committee violates the rules on propaganda. The sledner Smaha wears a glove on which it is written: "Remembrance is not a violation"
The IOC prohibits political statements at the Olympic Games, but the discussion about the helmet of Skeleton rider Vladislav Herakevych is long since a political area. The Ukrainian has immortalized photos of athletes killed in the war on it. He is not allowed to wear it in the competition - and still wants to do so.
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