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Culture More Sport, Less War The Olympics should be a unifying occasion, not an outlet for political acrimony. The vexed question of the role of politics in sport has surfaced yet again at the Winter Olympics in Milan. The Ukrainian skeleton skier Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to wear a “helmet of remembrance” displaying 24 fellow athletes killed during the Russian invasion of his country. The International Olympic Committee refused. He was offered the compromise of wearing it before and after the races. Because he insisted on wearing the helmet during the actual race, he was banned from the competition. President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded him Ukraine’s Order of Liberty. Defending the ban, IOC President Kirsty Coventry said it was…Open
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