Skiing
fromwww.dw.com
1 week agoHeraskevych fighting on after Olympic disqualification
Vladislav Heraskevych was disqualified for wearing a helmet with portraits of killed Ukrainian athletes and has filed an expedited CAS appeal to be reinstated.
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry was waiting for Heraskevych at the top of the track when he arrived at around 8.15am Thursday, or roughly 75 minutes before the start of the men's skeleton race. They went into a private area and spoke briefly, and Coventry was unable to change Heraskevych's mind. He was holding the decision from the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation when he briefly addressed reporters and said he would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.