Overview
- Rinat Akhmetov pledged roughly €200,000 to Heraskevych’s foundation, an amount matching Ukraine’s Olympic gold bonus, with additional corporate gifts reported at about €60,000.
- CAS upheld the decision that barred him from competing with a helmet depicting more than 20 athletes and coaches killed since Russia’s 2022 invasion, affirming field‑of‑play neutrality rules.
- Heraskevych has arrived back in Kyiv, describing energy and heating disruptions, and says he will launch a fundraiser for families of the athletes portrayed on his helmet.
- The IOC had proposed compromises that included a plain black armband and displaying the helmet only before or after runs, offers he rejected.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored him with the Order of Freedom in Munich, while Heraskevych continued to criticize what he calls inconsistent rule enforcement.