Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the decision to ban skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics for refusing to ditch a helmet depicting victims of the war with Russia plays “into the hands of aggressors.”
Gestures of a political nature during competition are forbidden under the Olympic charter.
The International Olympic Committee said Heraskevych had failed “to adhere to the IOC athlete expression guidelines.”
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