Tearful IOC boss justifies banning Ukrainian athlete for remembrance helmet

From Reuters.

An emotional IOC President Kirsty Coventry said she was unable to broker a solution after Ukraine skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics for his ‘remembrance’ helmet, depicting athletes killed since Russia’s invasion.

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