Ukrainian star DEFIES Olympic bosses by wearing banned helmet honouring athletes killed in Russian war and vows to continue 'as a matter of principle'

Vladyslav Heraskevych, who was nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony last week, trained in the evocative helmet on Monday, disclosing that 'some of them were my friends'.


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