Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was barred from racing at the Milan Cortina Games on Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea from the International Olympic Committee to not use a h...

Ukrainian athlete Vladislav Heraskevych has been banned from the Olympic skeleton competition in a dispute over his helmet with pictures of fellow athletes killed in the war.

Heraskevych, who was his country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony, wished to compete in the men's skeleton while wearing a special remebrance helmet featuring artwork depicting Ukrainian athletes ...