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Explainer 505:  Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?

Explainer 505: Are the Winter Olympics apolitical?

The Foreign Desk · Monocle

February 18, 20267m 13s

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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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