CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Here's an idea of how focused Britain's Matt Weston is on winning Olympic gold. When the World Cup champion and Olympic favorite showed up at the track for the start of the men's skeleton on Thursday,

A Ukrainian skeleton racer has been banned from competing at the Winter Olympics after wearing a helmet honoring athletes who have died in the Ukraine War. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) set out its reasoning in a lengthy statement this morning after Vladyslav Heraskevych had questioned whether “this is the price of our dignity” on

Vladyslav Heraskevych will retain his accreditation at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the IOC reports. The Ukrainian skeleton racer will remain at the Games despite being banned from competing over the “helmet of remembrance” controversy.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned by the IOC from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 12 because of his insistence on racing in a helmet depicting athletes who have been killed during Russia's invasion of his country.

A Ukrainian athlete has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia

On the ice, Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida got her second gold by winning the speedskating 5000m by a tenth of a second while the USA and Canada began their men's hockey campaigns. Coming up, U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim goes for a third straight Olympic gold. Follow live for the latest insights from our reporters in Italy.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday for wearing a helmet that honors Ukrainian citizens killed in his native country’s war with Russia.

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,

Vladylsav Heraskevych's “remembrance helmet” depicted people who were killed during Russia’s war with Ukraine.