Volodymyr Zelenskyy honours disqualified skeleton racer with order of freedom

Vladyslav Heraskevych says ‘Cas has failed us’President Zelenskyy hails skeleton racer’s courageThe Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been awarded the order of freedom by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the controversial decision to bar him from the Winter Olympics.Heraskevych flew to Munich after losing his appeal against his exclusion at the Milano Cortina Games for wanting to wear a “helmet of memory’ in competition. “Remembrance is not a violation,” Zelenskyy told him. “Ukraine will always have champions and Olympians. Continue reading...


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