Shakhtar boss pays Ukrainian skeleton racer $200,000 after Games disqualificationHeraskevych was disqualified last week when the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation jury ruled that imagery on the helmet—depicting athletes killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022—breached rules on athletes’ expression at the Games. Heraskevych was disqualified last week when the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation jury ruled that imagery on the helmet—depicting athletes killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022—breached rules on athletes’ expression at the Games. #athletes_killed #Russia_invaded #invaded_Ukraine #International_Bobsleigh #Skeleton_Federation #Federation_jury #Ukrainian_skeleton #breached_rules #pays_Ukrainian #depicting_athletes
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
