Ukrainian skeleton disqualified, seeks CAS
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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified at the Milan–Cortina Winter Olympics for refusing to remove a helmet honoring compatriots and appealed to CAS.
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Immense respect for Vladyslav Heraskevych 🙌
He also achieved even more for his cause than without IOC's authoritarian hypocrisy.
He also achieved even more for his cause than without IOC's authoritarian hypocrisy.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refused to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immense respect for Vladyslav Heraskevych 🙌
He also achieved even more for his cause than without IOC's authoritarian hypocrisy.
He also achieved even more for his cause than without IOC's authoritarian hypocrisy.
Yet more proof the IOC are awful
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IOC disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton racer over tribute helmet
Vladyslav Heraskevych is disqualified over his customised helmet featuring the faces of Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the Russia-Ukraine war.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Yet more proof the IOC are awful
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Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Heraskevych’s choice to forfeit the medal chance instead of give up the memorial helmet is the biggest story in Ukraine today. Everyone is heartbroken but there is a unanimous consensus that this was what had to happen rather than to give up.
Because the IOC is apolitical? Not hardly.
⚡️'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics.
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."
'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics
Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat." It was banned from the Olympics on the grounds o...
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Because the IOC is apolitical? Not hardly.
Das IOC hat mit der Disqualifikation von Wladislaw Heraskewytsch parteilich die Würde der Trauer verletzt, die den Sportlern gilt, die für den Frieden getötet wurden, jenen Völkerfrieden, der die olympische Idee verpflichtet ist und die so grausam seit Jahren von Russland verletzt wird.
February 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Das IOC hat mit der Disqualifikation von Wladislaw Heraskewytsch parteilich die Würde der Trauer verletzt, die den Sportlern gilt, die für den Frieden getötet wurden, jenen Völkerfrieden, der die olympische Idee verpflichtet ist und die so grausam seit Jahren von Russland verletzt wird.
No surprise that no one seems to care about this year's Olympics. The IOC's reputation is simply so crappy that people have lost interest.
What a stupid timeline where we can be bombed and killed in our own homes for no reason, yet are forbidden from paying public tribute to slain athletes. This is not neutrality, this is silencing the victim.
February 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
No surprise that no one seems to care about this year's Olympics. The IOC's reputation is simply so crappy that people have lost interest.
While a number of russians can participate despite breaking the conditions for participation!!
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Seriously, fuck the IOC
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Seriously, fuck the IOC
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified a Ukrainian sled athlete over his refusal to remove images of war dead from his helmet in competition.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
While a number of russians can participate despite breaking the conditions for participation!!
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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's memory helmet shows the faces of Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed by russia's war.
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified him for wearing it - undermining its own reputation.
MFA Ukraine / Instagram
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified him for wearing it - undermining its own reputation.
MFA Ukraine / Instagram
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's memory helmet shows the faces of Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed by russia's war.
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified him for wearing it - undermining its own reputation.
MFA Ukraine / Instagram
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified him for wearing it - undermining its own reputation.
MFA Ukraine / Instagram
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Olympian Olena Smaha supports her fellow Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych—who was banned by the IOC for wearing a helmet commemorating athletes killed by Russia in war—by wearing a message on her glove during her competition that read “Remembrance is not a violation.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Olympian Olena Smaha supports her fellow Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych—who was banned by the IOC for wearing a helmet commemorating athletes killed by Russia in war—by wearing a message on her glove during her competition that read “Remembrance is not a violation.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
Hanging out with Putin is OK for the IOC, but having the pictures of athletes killed by russia on your helmet is not! Pathetic but not surprising.
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Hanging out with Putin is OK for the IOC, but having the pictures of athletes killed by russia on your helmet is not! Pathetic but not surprising.
by Julia Lynch
The IOC doesn’t seem to get that some of the most iconic moments of the Olympics — which generate massive amounts of good will toward the games — were moments of political speech by brave athletes.
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The IOC doesn’t seem to get that some of the most iconic moments of the Olympics — which generate massive amounts of good will toward the games — were moments of political speech by brave athletes.
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Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Seriously, fuck the IOC
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Seriously, fuck the IOC
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
The International Olympic Committee has disqualified a Ukrainian sled athlete over his refusal to remove images of war dead from his helmet in competition.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Seriously, fuck the IOC
www.npr.org/2026/02/12/n...
Seriously, fuck the IOC
War mongering? They are honouring dead athletes.
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
War mongering? They are honouring dead athletes.
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IOC's "neutral athlete" policy exposed: russian athletes with pro-war ties still competing.
Once again, the Olympic committee prioritises participation over principles.
BBC Sport has verified the following evidence relating to four individuals cleared to compete as neutrals: 📎
Once again, the Olympic committee prioritises participation over principles.
BBC Sport has verified the following evidence relating to four individuals cleared to compete as neutrals: 📎
Winter Olympics 2026: Russian athletes linked to pro-war activity
BBC Sport finds evidence raising questions over the neutral eligibility of four Russian athletes.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
IOC's "neutral athlete" policy exposed: russian athletes with pro-war ties still competing.
Once again, the Olympic committee prioritises participation over principles.
BBC Sport has verified the following evidence relating to four individuals cleared to compete as neutrals: 📎
Once again, the Olympic committee prioritises participation over principles.
BBC Sport has verified the following evidence relating to four individuals cleared to compete as neutrals: 📎
Reposted by Karen O’Leary
Vladyslav Heraskevych prevented from starting his race as his helmet did not comply with the rules, the IOC said.
Zelenskyy says ‘no rules broken' after Olympics bans Ukraine racer
Vladyslav Heraskevych prevented from starting his race as his helmet did not comply with the rules, the IOC said.
www.aljazeera.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Vladyslav Heraskevych prevented from starting his race as his helmet did not comply with the rules, the IOC said.
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If acknowledging the loss of 650 Ukrainian Olympians breaks IOC rules and the IOC also systematically fails to confront Russia, the greatest abuser of international sports, shows complicity, plain, and simple.
February 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
If acknowledging the loss of 650 Ukrainian Olympians breaks IOC rules and the IOC also systematically fails to confront Russia, the greatest abuser of international sports, shows complicity, plain, and simple.