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Brenda

(1,979 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 06:11 PM 6 hrs ago

Lest we forget about the Russian war upon Ukraine...

Who is on helmet that led to Ukrainian athlete's Winter Olympics ban?

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Ukrainian slider Vladislav Heraskevych's disqualification from the Winter Olympics over his helmet depicting fellow athletes killed since Russia's full-scale invasion is the Games' biggest controversy so far.

Heraskevych was barred from the men's skeleton in Milan-Cortina earlier this week after he refused to stop wearing it and on Friday his appeal was denied.

He has said those featured on his helmet include teenage weightlifter Alina Peregudova, boxer Pavlo Ishchenko and ice hockey player Oleksiy Loginov, adding that some of them were his friends.

More than 20 athletes appear on the helmet in total - here's more on each of them.


https://archive.ph/QBhO7#selection-597.0-597.69

This is so wrong. I hope Vladislav gets a Nobel Peace Prize for this. Oh, wait. Those are meaningless now.

https://ddhfr52qa36mjp.archive.ph/QBhO7/4b312c58bdd5940e8f1f774cf01bb810fed0f344.webp
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