IOC disqualifies Ukrainian over helmet

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The International Olympic Committee disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet commemorating compatriots killed in Russia's invasion, a decision critics called politicized.

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The Sidney Morning Herald

A line in the snow: Why the Ukrainian athlete was banned and others were not

The International Olympic Committee has explained why one athlete was banned, while others were not, but questions remain in an Olympics riven by politics.

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Dagens Nyheter

Letter to the Editor. Response: Winter Sports in the Olympics Are Needed to Engage with Climate Issues

RESPONSE TO THE LETTER. Not everything can be reduced to a climate issue, and for many people sport is one of the most important sources of joy. Demanding unilaterally that winter sports at the Olympics be scrapped risks alienating people rather than engaging them in the transition that is actually needed, writes winter sports enthusiast Johan Hultman.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Nach Ausschluss durch das IOC: Wladyslaw Heraskewytsch und sein Kampf um die Bilder

Der Ausschluss von Wladyslaw Heraskewytsch ist die prägende Geschichte der Spiele. Bei seinem ersten Auftritt danach sagt der Ukrainer: „Der Fehler ist 2014 passiert. “ Nun setzt er auf das Sportgericht.

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La Repubblica

The helmet of discord, the Ukrainian athlete excluded: Zelensky attacks the IOC

Displaying the faces of dead athletes is not allowed. But he has not been disqualified.

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IOC disqualifies Ukrainian over helmet

A line in the snow: Why the Ukrainian athlete was banned and others were not

Letter to the Editor. Response: Winter Sports in the Olympics Are Needed to Engage with Climate Issues

Nach Ausschluss durch das IOC: Wladyslaw Heraskewytsch und sein Kampf um die Bilder

The helmet of discord, the Ukrainian athlete excluded: Zelensky attacks the IOC

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IOC disqualifies Ukrainian over helmet

A line in the snow: Why the Ukrainian athlete was banned and others were not

Letter to the Editor. Response: Winter Sports in the Olympics Are Needed to Engage with Climate Issues

Nach Ausschluss durch das IOC: Wladyslaw Heraskewytsch und sein Kampf um die Bilder

The helmet of discord, the Ukrainian athlete excluded: Zelensky attacks the IOC

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