Ukrainian athlete seeking to honor killed countrymen loses appeal to compete at Olympics Vladyslav Heraskevych had been removed from competition after wearing his “helmet of remembrance” honoring people killed by Russia.

#2026WinterOlympics #SkeletonRacer #VladyslavHeraskevych #HelmetOfRemembrance #Ukraine #RemeberingUkrainiansKilled #VladimirPutin #Russia #RussianMilitaryInvasion #War-wearyRussians #SomeThingsWorthMoreThanMedals

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Das #IOC hat erst recht dazu beigetragen, dass das Thema überhaupt erst so groß geworden ist.
Hätten sie #VladyslavHeraskevych anstandslos mit seinem #HelmDerErinnerung starten lassen, wäre es niemals so hochgekocht.
#ErinnerungIstKeinVerstoß
#HelmetOfRemembrance
#RemembranceIsNotViolation

‘It’s emptiness’: banned Ukrainian athlete accuses IOC of fuelling Russia’s propaganda The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been kicked out of the Winter Olympics after he refused to back down from wanting to wear a ‘helmet of memory’ in honour of Ukraine’s war dead

Add to the already long list of reasons i no longer watch the #olympics. #ioc is corrupt as fuck and makes horrible decisions
#helmetofremembrance
#standwithukraine

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#HelmetOfRemembrance
#Olympics