NYTIMES (K. R. Callaway) - This Skeleton is the First Confirmed Death by Trebuchet
Researchers believe a young man buried inside a Scottish castle was a victim of the long-feared siege weapon, more powerful than a typical catapult.
NYTIMES (Jeanna Smialek) - Are These the Bones of the Fourth Musketeer? This Dutch Village Hopes So.
Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.
NPR (Jonathan Lambert) - 'Dude, good luck': the Olympic wit and wisdom of a pioneering African skeleton racer
Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.
NPR (Polina Lytvynova) - Ukrainians rally in support of Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned for his helmet
Ukrainians are uniting in solidarity with Olympic skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after he was disqualified for wearing a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion.
JUSTTHENEWS (Natalia Mittelstadt) - Ukrainian Heraskevych disqualified from Olympic skeleton event for helmet of dead athletes from war
The sledder said he trained in Italy with the helmet but was told he would be stripped of his accreditation only minutes before the event was due to start.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Ukrainian Olympian REMOVED FROM GAMES After Trying To Wear Helmet Honoring WAR VICTIMS | TRENDING
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back Thursday on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to disqualify a Ukrainian skeleton racer from competition in the Winter Olympic Games, who insisted on wearing a helmet honoring athletes and coaches killed in the nation‘s nearly four-year-long war with Russia. “Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors,” Zelensky wrote in a post on social platform X. “Unfortunately, the decision of the International Olympic Committee to disqualify Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says otherwise.” Read More:…
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Ukrainian Olympian barred from competing over helmet honoring war dead
Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet honored Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia.
NEWSNATIONNOW (TIM REYNOLDS, Associated Press) - Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Olympics over helmet honoring war dead
The helmet includes images of the faces of more than 20 people who were killed in the war.
NYTIMES (Victor Mather) - Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead
Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of people killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech.
HUFFPOST - Ukrainian Artist Behind Banned Olympic Helmet Says World 'Doesn't Want To See The Truth'
Iryna Prots, who created the helmet featuring Ukrainian athletes killed in Russia's war, described the design as "a challenge" to the world to confront the reality of war.