'Shocking' or correct - why Ukrainian skeleton slider was banned

The biggest controversy of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics came to a head on Thursday morning, as Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing.
The Register-Herald

Artist behind banned Ukrainian Olympic helmet calls Heraskevych's tribute 'great heroism'

Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots, 52, who painted the helmet that led to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych being barred from ...
The Droitwich Standard

Droitwich Police Federation treasurer convicted of £13,500 fraud

A FORMER West Mercia Police Federation treasurer and secretary from Droitwich has been found guilty of 15 counts of fraud, ...
The Caledonian-Record

Ukrainian athlete tests the Olympic rules on free speech — and gets disqualified

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back. That created an emo ...
The Caledonian-Record

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics because of banned helmet honoring war dead

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refused to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet. IOC President Kirsty Coventry met him at the ...