Ukrainian Winter Olympics team in furious act of defiance after teammate is thrown out for helmet honoring war dead

The Ukrainian luge team emotionally protested the disqualification of their compatriot, skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, following their run at the Winter Olympics on Thursday.


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