The symbol of the helmet was not a collection of abstract designs; it was actually a visual representation of real people. The faces of over 20 members of the Ukrainian Olympic Team killed during Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine were designed as part of the helmet.

After being disqualified from the Olympics, skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych plans to raise funds for the families of the fallen Ukrainians painted on his helmet.

The IOC announced its decision to remove his accreditation before Heraskevych's first heats Thursday in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Ukraine has voiced outrage over a decision from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar their skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing at the Milan/Cortina Games over a helmet dispute.

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on 16 February enacting a decision of the National Security and Defence Council regarding sanctions against 10 Russian athletes whom Kyiv

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ukraine’s flag bearer during the Olympic opening ceremony plans to continue wearing a helmet that commemorates the lives of Ukrainian athletes lost since Russia’s invasion, despite a ban from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which says it breaks Olympic rules on neutrality.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) denied Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych's appeal of his disqualification from the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The CAS agreed with the International Olympic Committee's assertion that Heraskevych's plan to wear a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine would violate Olympic rules against making political statement on the field of play.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted the IOC on Thursday after one of the country's athletes was disqualified over his helmet tribue.