Thursday’s competitions are underway at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Curling Snowboarding Skeleton Bobsleigh Freestyle Skiing Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Biathlon

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines regarding his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition.

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Britain's Matt Weston leads the Olympic skeleton after two heats after a major disqualification stunned the track.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned by the IOC from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, Feb. 12 because of his insistence on racing in a helmet depicting athletes who have been killed during Russia's invasion of his country.

Day 6 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games featured nine medal events, but Team USA's Chloe Kim was denied a third straight gold. Kim finished with a silver as she came up just short of another Olympic victory in the halfpipe final.

Ukrainian artist Iryna Prots, 52, who painted the helmet that led to skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych being barred from the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, says the tribute to over 20 athletes killed in Russia’s invasion had to be done.

Vladyslav Heraskevych will retain his accreditation at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the IOC reports. The Ukrainian skeleton racer will remain at the Games despite being banned from competing over the “helmet of remembrance” controversy.

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,