IOC Allows Ukrainian Athlete to Wear Black Armband

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Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trains again in banned helmet, despite IOC ruling
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said he still plans to compete wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his country who were killed in the war with Russia, even though the Inter...

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IOC allows Ukrainian athlete to wear black armband, but bans helmet honoring fallen athletes
Ukraine skeleton racer banned from wearing helmet honoring fallen athletes
'look surreal' from Ukraine, artist behind war dead helmet says
Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots watches the Winter Olympics in the rare moments she has power at home, but the creator of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's banned helmet depicting Ukraine's war dead...

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Ukrainian star DEFIES Olympic bosses by wearing banned helmet honouring athletes killed in Russian war and vows to continue 'as a matter of principle'
Ukrainian risks Winter Olympics disqualification over helmet protest after IOC threat
IOC bans Ukrainian Olympian’s helmet honouring war-fallen athletes
The helmet features “figure skater Dmytro Sharpar, who was killed in combat near Bakhmut, Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old biathlete killed by the occupiers near Kharkiv, and other Ukrainian athletes wh...

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Ukraine's Heraskevych says he will compete in banned helmet, defying IOC
The Controversy Over a Ukrainian Skeleton Racer’s “Memory Helmet” at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Explained