Explainer 505:  Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?
The Foreign Desk

Explainer 505: Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?

2026-02-18

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was not allowed to compete in a helmet decorated with pictures of athletes killed in the war with Russia. But is it really true that the Olympics are apolitical?

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