IOC bans Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing his helmet that features photos of fallen Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia in its war against Ukraine.

It must be hard to look at these portraits… But banning the helmet isn’t going to make them invisible. https://t.co/eBC2bFIxyz

— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) 9 février 2026

IOC bans Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing his helmet that features photos of fallen Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia in its war against Ukraine. It must be hard to look at these portraits… But banning the helmet isn’t going to make them invisible.

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