The Ukrainian luge relay team showed solidarity with skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, barred from competing for wearing a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed in the conflict with Russia.
Ukraine blamed a Russian disinformation campaign Thursday after fake news posted online about its Winter Olympics team, including a story criticising an athlete disqualified for trying to highlight ...
The luge team representing Ukraine took a collective knee, raising their helmets over their heads after the relay event in ...
Ukraine's Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi believes the decision to disqualify Vladyslav Heraskevych from his skeleton event at the Milano Cortina Games was unjust but told Reuters there was no question ...
The team relay will be the final luge event of the Milan Cortina Olympics and will take place Thursday in Italy.
The skeleton event at the Winter Olympics has suffered a helmet controversy, with a Ukrainian athlete disqualified for paying homage to compatriots who have died in the war with Russia ...
The Ukrainian flag bearer’s disqualification from skeleton over a helmet featuring athletes killed in the war with Russia is yet another example of how politics and the Olympics cannot be separated.
Olympic officials have long sought to limit political demonstrations and displays at the Games. IOC restrictions on such ...