Ukrainian skeleton athlete ready to be disqualified over ‘helmet of memory’

IOC have told Vladyslav Heraskevych he will be banned‘I will not betray these athletes,’ says UkrainianThe Ukrainian skeleton racer ­Vladyslav Heraskevych says he is ready to be disqualified on Thursday because he does not want to betray his country’s athletes.In what is likely to be an ­extraordinary scene in Cortina when the skeleton begins at 9.30am local time, Heraskevych has vowed to wear his “helmet of memory”, even though the International Olympic Committee have told him they will kick him out if he does so. Continue reading...


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