Vladyslav Heraskevych, a 27-year-old Ukrainian skeleton racer, has appeared on the 2026 Olympics sporting a helmet that includes Ukrainian athletes who have been killed because of the Russian invasion.

Supply: Champion, a sports activities information platform inside Ukrainska Pravda's holding firm

Particulars: Heraskevych wore the helmet throughout his first coaching classes earlier than the competitions on the Olympics in Milan. The athlete mentioned that a few of these featured had been his associates.

Throughout the coaching session, Heraskevych completed fifth in his first run (56.47 seconds) and third in his second try, masking the space in 56.58 seconds.

The third and fourth coaching runs will happen on 10 February, and the fifth and sixth on 11 February. His first aggressive begin will start on 12 February at 10:30 Kyiv time.

That is Heraskevych's third Olympics in his profession. He completed twelfth on the 2018 Video games, and 18th in Beijing 2022.

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