Ukrainian Winter Olympics team in furious act of defiance after teammate is thrown out for helmet honoring war dead ⊖
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The Ukrainian luge team emotionally protested the disqualification of their compatriot, skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, following their run at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
Team GB’s Matt Weston leads golden charge as skeleton rivals unite behind banned Ukrainian ⊖
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Boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko tears into Olympic chiefs and says he is 'ashamed' of his gold medal after fellow Ukrainian is thrown out for wearing helmet honouring war dead ⊕
The former boxing champion said he felt great 'shame' at his gold medal as he hit out at the IOC for banning the commemoration and its attempts at 'protecting its image'.
The IOC's expulsion of Ukrainian skeleton star over helmet honouring war dead stinks of hypocrisy while they are allowing Russia to creep back in to the Olympic party, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI ⊖⊖
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It took only six words for Vladyslav Heraskevych to summarise the saga that ranks among the saddest and most controversial in the history of the Olympics. 'This is price of our dignity,' he wrote.
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified for helmet honouring war-fallen athletes ⊖
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Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said, “This is price of our dignity” as he left the Olympics before his first run.
'Sadness and real surprise' as IOC bans Ukrainian over helmet ⊖
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BBC Sport's Hazel Irvine and Lizzy Yarnold discuss Vladyslav Heraskevych's ban from competing in the skeleton and the removal of his accreditation at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
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Ukraine’s Heraskevych disqualified from Olympics skeleton over helmet ⊖⊖
IOC bans Vladyslav Heraskevych for repeatedly wearing helmet that depicts Ukrainian athletes killed in war with Russia.
Ukrainian skeleton racer feels 'emptiness' after Olympic ban ⊖⊖
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Ukraine skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych reacts to being banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during Russia's inva…