President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has embellished Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych with the Order of Freedom.

Supply: a decree printed on the official web site of the president of Ukraine

Particulars: The related decree was printed on the official on-line platform of the president of Ukraine.

Right now, on 12 February, the Ukrainian Olympian was disqualified from competing on the Olympic Video games 2026 for failing to adjust to the ban on utilizing the "helmet of remembrance".

Background:

• On 9 February, the IOC banned Heraskevych from competing in a helmet that includes portraits of Ukrainian athletes killed in the course of the struggle. The IOC urged that he put on a black armband as a substitute. The Ukrainian athlete responded that regardless of the ban, he deliberate to compete sporting the helmet.
• The state of affairs gained worldwide consideration, and Heraskevych obtained assist from many well-known figures, together with Olha Kharlan, a Ukrainian sabre fencer, and Volodymyr Klitschko, a Ukrainian boxer. Ukrainian athletes and members of the navy have additionally expressed their assist.
• The Ukrainian parliament referred to as on the IOC to permit Ukrainian athletes to make use of symbols honouring the reminiscence of fallen Ukrainian athletes and defenders of Ukraine and to rethink the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in competitions.

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