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Tribute to Ukrainians killed in war sparks Olympic disqualification

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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refused to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet. The president of the International Olympic Committee met him at the track before the men’s race for a private conversation in a last-minute plea, but Heraskevych refused to change his stance. His helmet displays the faces of more than 20 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia.