Zelensky slams Olympics officials after Ukrainian disqualified over war memorial helmet
Volodymyr Zelensky criticises IOC decision to disqualify Ukrainian athlete
- Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to disqualify Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych.
- Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics skeleton heats for wearing a helmet honouring Ukrainian athletes who died in the war with Russia.
- The IOC stated that the helmet violated rule 50.2 of the Olympic Charter, which prohibits political demonstrations.
- Rule 50.2 forbids any form of demonstration or political, religious, or racial propaganda at Olympic sites.
- The Ukrainian president argued that speaking about current events is not a political act.
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