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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) handed down a ban to Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday for wearing a helmet that featured pictures of Ukrainians who were killed in Russia’s invasion of the country.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych will not be able to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games due to a disqualification imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines regarding his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition.

Thursday’s competitions are underway at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Curling Snowboarding Skeleton Bobsleigh Freestyle Skiing Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Biathlon

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,

Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsleigh and skeleton break highway speed limits.

BRITISH skeleton racer Matt Weston looks set to bring home Great Britain’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics. And it’s also going well for the 28-year-old away from the ice

The first-time Olympian transitioned to sliding sports 10 years ago, marrying her collegiate track and field experience with skeleton.