Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his home country.

The IOC ruled that the design of Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet violated its rules and couldn’t be worn in sliding competition.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych is allowed to wear a black armband at the Milan Cortina Olympics but the IOC says he cannot wear a helmet painted to honor Ukrainian athletes killed in

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The Olympic men's skeleton race begins Thursday, and all eyes at the start will be on Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych. Will he or won't he? It's the biggest question in sliding at the Milan Cortina Games.

The IOC says an Olympian skeleton athlete from Ukraine cannot race in a helmet honoring athletes killed in war. Here's why.

Vladyslav Heraskevych said the decision "plays along with Russia’s narrative” and accused the IOC of betraying the memory of the athletes.

Ukrainian Olympian banned from Winter Games for insisting on wearing helmet honoring athletes killed in his country's war with Russia​.