Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the men’s skeleton event on Thursday after he refused to use any other helmet other than the one honoring his country’s athletes who were ...

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said at the Winter Olympics Tuesday he will wear a helmet in competition commemorating athletes and coaches from his country killed since the Russian ...

Olympic officials ruled that Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet violated a prohibition on political speech, setting off outrage at the Winter Games in Italy. He plans to appeal the decision. By Heather ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych said Tuesday he still wants to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his ...

Vladislav Heraskevych of Team Ukraine shows his helmet, featuring images of fellow Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, after he was barred from racing on February 12 ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea ...

Milan — Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said he would wear a helmet showing images of some of his fellow Ukrainian athletes who have been killed in Russia's war on his country when he ...

The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says he is ready to be disqualified on Thursday because he does not want to betray his country’s dead athletes. In what is likely to be an ...

If you only watch football during the Super Bowl then you might be really confused why some players are wearing oversized, oddly-shaped matte helmets compared to everyone else on the field. These are ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A Ukrainian athlete who was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia ...

The International Olympic Committee said they disqualified Vladyslav Heraskevych over his "refusal to comply" with Olympic rules Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...

Vladyslav Heraskevych's formal request to wear the helmet in competition was rejected by the IOC. Al Bello / Getty Images CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ukraine’s flag bearer during the Olympic opening ...