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flag Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych barred from wearing helmet with war victims' images at Olympics due to neutrality rules.

flag Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred from using a competition helmet featuring images of Ukrainian athletes and civilians killed in the war, citing Rule 50, which prohibits political statements at Olympic venues. flag The IOC said it had not received an official request from Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee to use the helmet, though Heraskevych, Ukraine’s flag bearer at the Milan Cortina Games, intended to honor the fallen while respecting Olympic neutrality. flag Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised the gesture as a reminder of the war’s human cost. flag The decision reflects ongoing tensions over political expression in sports, echoing past controversies like the 1968 Black Power salute and the 2024 disqualification of an Afghan athlete.

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