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A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.
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.
| Keywords | historyarcheologyscotlandtrebuchetsiege-weaponskeletonarchaeologymedievalsciencedeathcastleresearcherswarfareinjuryforensicsukscottishnytimes |
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.
| Keywords | woldernetherlandsbelgiumalexandre-dumasdartagnanthree-musketeersarchaeologyskeletondiscoveryhistoryeuropechurchbonesmythologyliterature |
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.
| Keywords | olympicswinter-olympicsghanaskeletonsportsakwasi-frimpongblack-athletesrepresentationdiversityafricawinter-sportsafpnprathleteidentity-politics |
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.
| Keywords | ukrainevladyslav-heraskevycholympicsskeletonwinter-olympicssports-controversydisqualifiedrussiawarsolidarityathletesporting-newsukrainian-athleteshelmet-controversyisbcwinter-sports |
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.
| Keywords | ukraineheraskevycholympicsskeletonwinter-olympicsitalydisqualifiedwarathletessportsequipmenthelmetpoliticsgeopoliticsinternational-relations |
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:…
| Keywords | ukrainevolodymyr-zelenskyiocwinter-olympicsvladyslav-heraskevychskeletonwarrussiasports-controversydisqualificationpoliticsinternational-relationsthe-hillsport-politicswar-victims |
Vladyslav Heraskevych's helmet honored Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed in the war with Russia.
The helmet includes images of the faces of more than 20 people who were killed in the war.
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.
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