After being disqualified from the Olympics, skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych plans to raise funds for the families of the fallen Ukrainians painted on his helmet.
Full list released of 20+ fallen Ukrainian athletes from Vladyslav Heraskevych’s banned Olympic helmet, documenting
Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina for wearing a memorial helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed since the Russian invasion
Heraskevych was disqualified from competition because of his commemorative helmet, which honors Ukrainian athletes and coaches who died during Russia's invasion.
Vladyslav Heraskevych's "helmet of remembrance" was banned by the IOC, with the Ukrainian losing a subsequent appeal to CAS.
An awkward Olympic moment unfolded as a Ukrainian skater waited for his score just feet from a Russian skater in the new leader's "hot seat."
Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych had his appeal dismissed as images on his helmet breached an Olympic ‘sacred principle’.
While "AIN" may appear as a country code at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, it doesn't actually represent a nation at all.