IOC disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton athlete for refusing to change helmet

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, shortly before the competition, disqualified Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who refused to change his helmet depicting more than 20 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the war launched by Russia. IOC President Kirsty Coventry was also present at the skeleton track. The first run of the men’s […] The post IOC disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton athlete for refusing to change helmet appeared first on Baltic News Network.