The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an enchantment towards the choice to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych on the 2026 Olympic Video games.

Supply: Yevhen Pronin, former performing president of Athletics Federation of Ukraine and sports activities lawyer

Quote: "Court docket contacted me. All paperwork have been formally accepted, an arbitrator has been appointed, case has began. I’ve by no means filed an software to CAS with all attachments so rapidly. We had one and a half hours for every part."

Background: The IOC banned Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from utilizing his "helmet of remembrance" that includes photographs of greater than 20 fallen Ukrainian athletes who have been killed by Russia. Heraskevych wore it throughout three coaching periods regardless of ban however he was nonetheless not allowed to participate in official competitions.

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