Ukraine star disqualified from Winter Olympics over helmet paying respects to dead

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Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to let him wear his 'helmet of memory'. Heraskevych, a skeleton pilot, arrived in Milano Cortina with a specially-made helmet which features images of 24 deceased Ukrainian athletes who've died at the hands of Russia's invasion. The 27-year-old wore the helmet during a training session on Wednesday after being told that it wasn't allowed. Despite making a plea