Ukrainian slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics after refusing to stop wearing his 'helmet of remembrance' depicting fellow athletes killed since Russia's full-scale invasion. His appeal was denied. He said those featured include teenage weightlifter Alina Peregudova, boxer Pavlo Ishchenko, and ice hockey player Oleksiy Loginov, some of whom were his friends. More than 20 athletes appear on the helmet. Profiles include: Volodymyr Androschuk (track and field, died 2023 in Bakhmut); Karyna Bakhur (17-year-old kickboxing champion, killed in Kharkiv shelling); Karyna Diachenko (11-year-old rhythmic gymnast, killed in Mariupol air strike); Maksym Halinichev (boxer, died 2023 in Luhansk); Pavlo Ishchenko (powerlifter, died on front lines); Viktoria Ivashko (9-year-old judo enthusiast, killed in Kyiv air strike); Oleksiy Khabarov (shooter, died in Donetsk); Ivan Kononenko (strongman and actor, died after severe injury).