The IOC have disqualified a Ukrainian athlete from the Winter Olympics after he was deemed to have breached their regulations over a planned war tribute helmet. Vladyslav Heraskevych was due to compete in the men's skeleton final, which takes place across Thursday and Friday in Cortina.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday after refusing to back down over his banned helmet, which depicts victims of his country's war

Ukrainian Olympian banned from Winter Games for insisting on wearing helmet honoring athletes killed in his country's war with Russia​.

A UKRAINIAN skeleton racer who had vowed to wear a ‘helmet of memory’ at the Milan-Cortina Games has been sensationally kicked out. Defiant Vladyslav Heraskevych wore a helmet in training this

The 2026 Milan Cortina Games continue today with nine medal events, plus Team USA and Canada’s star-studded men’s hockey teams taking to the ice for the first time. The action in a loaded slate of skiing and snowboarding starts with medals set to be awarded in women's super-G alpine skiing and men's moguls freestyle skiing.

A Ukrainian athlete has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia

As Ukrainian athletes prepare for the 2026 Winter Olympics, they will seek to boost the morale of their compatriots in Ukraine amid an ongoing war and a brutal winter.

Live updates from the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Thursday. Get the latest news, results, medal count, TV schedules and highlights from Italy.