Ukraine, Olympic and Vladyslav Heraskevych

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Banned Olympic skeleton racer gets $200k donation from president of Ukraine’s biggest soccer club
Vladyslav Heraskevych's "helmet of remembrance" was banned by the IOC, with the Ukrainian losing a subsequent appeal to CAS.

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Winter Olympics 2026: Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych reportedly given $200,000 gift after IOC DQ'd skeleton racer
Ukraine skeleton racer Heraskevych gets $200,000 gift to support his career after Olympic DQ

Ukraine protests

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Ukrainian officials to boycott Winter Paralympics over Russians being allowed to compete under their flag
Ukraine said Wednesday that its officials will not attend the Winter Paralympics next month over the decision by organizers to allow a handful of Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their

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Ukraine protests as Russians cleared to fly their flag at Paralympics
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Ukraine’s officials to boycott Winter Paralympics after Russia and Belarus inclusion

Ukraine Olympic athlete disqualified for memorial helmet meets Zelenskyy

Vladysav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified from over his remembrance helmet, has received his country's Order of Freedom.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete out of Olympics over banned helmet

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will not competeafter refusing a last-minute plea from the IOC to use a helmet other than the one that honors more than 20 of his country's athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia.

Heraskevych returns to Ukraine after Olympic disqualification

Skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych late on Monday said he had returned to Ukraine after being excluded from the Olympic competitions. In a video posted on X, the 27-year-old appeared to record himself in darkness in central Kiev.