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‘Remembrance is not a violation’ — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics

By Amnon J. Jobi on February 11, 2026 6:02 pm |

Russia and Ukraine

Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: “Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat.” It was banned from the Olympics on the grounds of being a “political slogan.”
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Amnon J. Jobi

Amnon J. Jobi is sole Editor in Chief at The Daily Reformer®. He writes like it is 1998.

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