OLYMPIC HELMET ROW ESCALATES: Zelensky Meets Disqualified Athlete, Slams IOC | World News

Описание: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday met with disqualified skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, following the athlete’s exclusion from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Heraskevych was barred from competition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation after refusing to remove a "helmet of remembrance" featuring portraits of more than 20 Ukrainian athletes killed during the Russian invasion. While the IOC maintained the tribute violated regulations prohibiting political messaging on the field of play—noting that Russian and Belarusian athletes compete under a neutral flag—Zelenskyy defended the stance as a moral act of remembrance rather than a political statement. The confrontation comes amid heightened scrutiny of the Olympic movement’s neutrality in Europe and follows a rejected appeal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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