Ukrainian side appeals to CAS over Heraskevych disqualification: court has accepted it for consideration

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal against the decision to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych at the 2026 Olympic Games.

Source: Yevhen Pronin, former acting president of Athletics Federation of Ukraine and sports lawyer

Quote: "Court contacted me. All documents have been officially accepted, an arbitrator has been appointed, case has started. I have never filed an application to CAS with all attachments so quickly. We had one and a half hours for everything."

Background: The IOC banned Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from using his "helmet of remembrance" featuring photos of more than 20 fallen Ukrainian athletes who were killed by Russia. Heraskevych wore it during three training sessions despite ban but he was still not allowed to take part in official competitions.

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