Zelensky: “By disqualifying Heraskevych, the IOC is supporting the aggressor”

Turin, February 12 (LaPresse) – "Sport does not mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not appease the aggressor. Unfortunately, the International Olympic Committee's decision to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the opposite. This has nothing to do with the principles of the Olympics, which are based on justice and support for peace." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on X, commenting on the case of the athlete who chose to wear a helmet to commemorate the Ukrainian victims of the war with Russia.