CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A Ukrainian athlete who was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia said he refused to back down because there are things that are "more important than medals.”Follow along for live updatesThe International Olympic Committee said in a statement early Thursday that skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian flag bearer, was "not allowed to participate

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A Ukrainian athlete who was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia said he refused to back down because there are things that are "more important than medals.”Follow along for live updatesThe International Olympic Committee said in a statement early Thursday that skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian flag bearer, was "not allowed to participate

© Richard Heathcote

© Richard Heathcote

© Fatima Shbair

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