Milan-Cortina Olympics: IOC allows Ukrainian athlete to wear black armband, bans helmet featuring war victimsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had defended Vladyslav Heraskevych’s right to wear the helmet, which carries pictures of dead Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, at the Milan-Cortina Games. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had defended Vladyslav Heraskevych’s right to wear the helmet, which carries pictures of dead Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, at the Milan-Cortina Games. #Milan-Cortina_Olympics #Vladyslav_Heraskevych #Volodymyr_Zelensky #President_Volodymyr #Milan-Cortina_Games #defended_Vladyslav #Russia_invaded #invaded_Ukraine #dead_Ukrainian #Ukrainian_sportsmen

Zelensky defends Ukrainian athlete’s helmet at Games after IOC banSkeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Monday that the IOC had banned his custom helmet—which has portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia’s 2022 invasion—from training and competition. Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Monday that the IOC had banned his custom helmet—which has portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia’s 2022 invasion—from training and competition. #IOC #Vladyslav_Heraskevych #Ukrainian_athletes #racer_Vladyslav #defends_Ukrainian #Zelensky_defends #athletes_killed #IOC_banSkeleton #custom_helmet #Ukrainian
