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Ukraine skeleton racer gets $200k donation after Olympic ban

Shakhtar Donetsk owner donates $200,000 to Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after he was barred from Winter Olympics for wearing helmet depicting war casualties.

Vladyslav Heraskevych, 27, was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Games last week when the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation ruled his helmet imagery breached expression rules.

The helmet featured Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia's 2022 invasion. The Shakhtar donation equals Ukraine's gold medallist prize money.