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🇸🇪 Dagens Nyheter
Sports

Hair in the game behind Sweden's silver: "One hundred percent"

The article reports on Sweden's performance in women's ice hockey and highlights a superstitious national team, an award-winning protest, and a leading teenage athlete during the Olympic Winter Games.

Feb 19 • 09:20 UTC
🇱🇻 LSM
Sports

The Disqualification of Olympic Athlete Heraskevičs Raises Questions About Athletes' Rights to Express Themselves

The disqualification of Latvian Olympic athlete Heraskevičs has reignited discussions about the rights of athletes to protest and express their political opinions in light of historical contexts.

Feb 17 • 08:59 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
National & Local

Disqualified Ukrainian Olympian Says He Is Disappointed, Calls Decision Discriminatory

A Ukrainian athlete has expressed disappointment over his disqualification from the Winter Olympics due to a helmet protest, deeming the decision discriminatory.

Feb 14 • 06:41 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

Latvia and Lithuania filed a protest regarding the disqualification of a Ukrainian skeleton athlete

Latvia and Lithuania's Olympic committees have lodged a protest with the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation concerning the exclusion of Ukrainian athlete Vladislav Heraskevich from the starting list for the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Feb 12 • 19:52 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
World

2026 Olympics: Ukrainian athlete disqualified for helmet with photos of athletes killed in conflict with Russia

Ukrainian athlete Vladislav Heraskevych was disqualified from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics for wearing a helmet adorned with images of athletes killed in the conflict with Russia.

Feb 12 • 08:35 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
Sports

Quick hits: Banned helmets, successful surgery and maple syrup power

The article discusses various highlights from day five of the 2026 Winter Olympics, focusing on a Ukrainian athlete's defiance over wearing a banned helmet and Lindsey Vonn's successful surgery.

Feb 11 • 23:37 UTC
🇺🇦 Ukrainska Pravda
National & Local

Ukrainian athlete recalls his anti-war protest at 2022 Olympics, says IOC has changed dramatically

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych reflects on his 2022 Olympic anti-war protest and the significant changes in the International Olympic Committee's stance.

Feb 10 • 11:46 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

Finland's Clear View on Skiing Disqualification Controversy: 'Such a Rule Does Not Exist'

A Finnish ski referee emphasizes that no existing rule warranted the disqualification of athlete Mathis Desloges after a protest was dismissed.

Feb 8 • 19:17 UTC
🇩🇪 Die Welt
Sports

Pee Protest by British Freestyler Goes Unpunished

British freestyler Gus Kenworthy's protest against the US immigration agency, expressed through social media, receives no repercussions from the International Olympic Committee.

Feb 7 • 11:57 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
World

2026 Olympics: Former American athlete, a British man sends an anti-ICE message... by urinating in the snow?

Gus Kenworthy, a British-American freestyle skier, made a humorous protest against U.S. immigration policies during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy by posting a photo on Instagram of skis near the words 'Fuck ICE' written in the snow.

Feb 7 • 09:51 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
Sports

Liveblog Olympics 2026: "Innocent people were murdered, and that's enough"

The liveblog covers multiple protests and news regarding the Olympics 2026, including a protest against the US immigration agency ICE by British athlete Gus Kenworthy, complaints from athlete Kira Weidle-Winkelmann, a mention by the Pope about an 'Olympic truce', and other various updates.

Feb 6 • 17:30 UTC

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