Ukrainian skeleton athlete urged by IOC to ditch helmet protest or face Olympics ban

Heraskevych faces potential disqualificationAthlete calls situation theater of the absurdThe Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been warned that he faces disqualification from the Winter Olympics if he wears a helmet of memory for his countrys war dead when the mens competition starts on Thursday.Heraskevych has continued to practise in the helmet, which shows 20 images of athletes and children killed since Russias invasion, despite the IOC banning it on Monday. In a post on X, p...