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A Ukrainian athlete could face disciplinary action over a helmet commemorating athletes killed in the war with Russia.
Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak was exhausted last summer as he trained for the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics. Drained, anxious and often unable to sleep, the 21-year-old could not stop thinking about his family back in Ukraine: His father is in the army on the front lines and his mother is in Kyiv,
There are athletes with Russian and Belarussian passports competing at the Olympics as "Individual Neutral Athletes," if they meet some conditions.
Ukraine’s Winter Olympics flag bearer Vladyslav Heraskevych says that his teammates could stage protests at the Milan Cortina Games over the decision to allow neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in Italy.
The International Olympic Committee has refused Ukrainian journalists' request to remove Russian citizen Olga Laeva from the role of media manager at the biathlon venue in Antholz-Anterselva for the Olympic Games 2026.
Ukraine sports minister hits out ‘irresponsible’ people who want Russia to return to Olympics - Matvii Bidnyi, Ukraine's minister of youth and sports, said that any change would appear to condone Russ