From The Olympic Track To The FIFA World Cup 26 Pitch: The Legal Fault Line Over Athlete Expression

As the world’s most watched tournament approaches, FIFA should treat the events in Cortina not as an Olympic issue, but as an early warning.

When Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was pulled from competition at the Milan-Cortina Games for refusing to remove a helmet honoring more than 20 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia, the International Olympic Committee described its decision as one made “with regret.”

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