Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy ¨C Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday after refusing to back down over his banned helmet, which depicts victims of his country¡¯s war with Russia.
The International Olympic Committee said he had been kicked out of the Milano Cortina Games ¡°after refusing to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines.¡±
Heraskevych, 27, had insisted he would continue to wear the helmet, which carries pictures of Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, during the men¡¯s skeleton heats on Thursday.
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