{"id":317054,"date":"2026-02-11T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:00:15","slug":"olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NjMhfKvKk9o\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NjMhfKvKk9o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych told CNN\u2019s Amanda Davies he plans to compete in a helmet honoring 24 Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia \u2014 despite an International Olympic Committee ban. The IOC said Tuesday he cannot wear the helmet in competition, citing rules that prohibit political statements on the field of play. Officials suggested he could instead wear a black armband, something Heraskevych says doesn&#8217;t do justice to those athletes who&#8217;ve lost their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych told CNN\u2019s Amanda Davies he plans to compete in a helmet honoring 24 Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia \u2014 despite an International Olympic Committee ban. The IOC said Tuesday he cannot wear the helmet in competition, citing rules that prohibit political statements on the field of play. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[136158,139265,128889],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-317054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn","tag-athlete","tag-skeleton","tag-ukrainian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-11T18:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NjMhfKvKk9o\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-11T18:00:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":88,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/hqdefault-1368.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"athlete\",\"skeleton\",\"Ukrainian\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CNN\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/\",\"name\":\"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/hqdefault-1368.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-11T18:00:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/hqdefault-1368.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/hqdefault-1368.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-02-11T18:00:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/NjMhfKvKk9o\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway","datePublished":"2026-02-11T18:00:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/"},"wordCount":88,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-1368.jpg","keywords":["athlete","skeleton","Ukrainian"],"articleSection":["CNN"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/","name":"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-1368.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-11T18:00:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-1368.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-1368.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/olympic-officials-banned-his-helmet-hell-wear-it-anyway\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Olympic officials banned his helmet. He\u2019ll wear it anyway"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317054"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=317054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}