Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said he still plans to compete wearing a helmet that commemorates athletes from his country who were killed in the war with Russia, even though the International Olympic Committee said it cannot be used.

"I believe they deserve to be with me on competition day," Heraskevych told an outdoor press conference by the Olympic rings in Cortina on Tuesday.

Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych said on Tuesday (February 10) he would wear his "helmet of remembrance" honoring those killed in the war with Russia at the Winter Olympics skeleton competition despite an explicit International Olympic Committee ban of the headgear.

The International Olympic Committee has barred a Ukrainian skeleton racer from wearing a helmet with images of fellow athletes killed in Russia's invasion.

The Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee has banned him from wearing a helmet depicting the athletes who have been killed since Russia invaded four years ago,

The IOC said Tuesday that Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will be allowed to wear a black armband in competition, and shortly after he wore the tribute helmet he wanted to wear during a training run.

The IOC bans Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from wearing a helmet featuring images of people killed in the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych tells CNN he will defy the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and wear his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.