00:00Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladislav Hariskevich has been disqualified from competing in the Winter Olympics after he continued to wear a
00:08helmet featuring the images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion.
00:12The International Olympic Committee released a statement saying the athlete had not considered a compromise and the helmet was not
00:19compliant with the rules.
00:20I really wanted to see him race today. It's been an emotional morning. So for me, I was not speaking
00:30to him in that room as a president. I was speaking to him as an athlete.
00:33The decision, Hariskevich said, was discrimination.
00:37Some things are more important than sports and it's no medal that works the same as life of people. And
00:46we lost many of them. And yeah, I believe that it's important to show that also.
00:50I've never wanted a scandal of MOC. I didn't create it. He created MOC, his special interpretation of the law,
00:57which many of them are discriminated against.
01:00Although the MOC gave the opportunity to talk about the victims of Ukrainian men, however, the fact of the scandal
01:09is very strong to take attention from the victims of the war and the victims of the victims.
01:17So I wanted to dance. So I would rather try to end this scandal of the scandal.
01:21I would not actually sayкеa.
01:26I would ask.
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01:48I hope to see the quick answer to the beginning of the fight against the skeleton.
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