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Remembrance is not a violation

The IOC Olympics disqualified Ukrainian skeleton slider for wearing a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by russia.

Do not allow their names to be silenced.

🕯️ Victoria Ivashko (9) - Judo

Victoria practiced judo had recently won her first awards in the sport. The last time Victoria went on a tatami was only a few days before she was killed when she participated in a competition in Kyiv.

Viktoria and her mother were both killed by russia June 1st 2023 when russia hit their home in Kyiv with missile.

🕯️Kateryna Diachenko (11) - Gymnastics

Kateryna was a a rising star in gymnastics, but on the night of March 10, 2022 russia hit her home in Mariupol with an aerial bomb. Both her and her father was found dead under the rubble.

Her mother and brother were taken to the hospital, which russia later also destroyed by an airstrike. No one from Katerynas family survived.

🕯️ Yevhen Malyshev (19) - Biathlete

In the 2018/19 & 2019/20 seasons, Malyshev was a part of the junior national team of Ukraine.

He took part in the 2020 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Lausanne (Switzerland).

Yevhen was killed February 2022 by the russian invaders during the battles in Kharkiv, a month before what should have been his 20th birthday.

🕯️ Maria Lebid (15) - Dance

Maria had a passion for ballroom dancing & music. In her victorious school presidential election campaign, Maria wrote about herself:

“I’d like to tell you a little about myself: I’m 15 years old, I have a music education, and I’m passionate about learning English. My hobby is houseplant cultivation. I’m determined, friendly, and hardworking. I try to approach life with humor and positivity.”

Maria was killed January 14th 2023 when russia hit her home in a residential building in Dnipro with a missile.

🕯️ Dmytro Sharpar (25) - Figure skater

Dmytro was a talented pair skater. He was a silver medalist at the Ukrainian Figure Skating Championship and finished in the top 10 in pairs at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, with his partner Anastasia Pobizhenko.

Sharpar was killed in combat near Bakhmut, in January 2023 while serving in the Ukrainian army, to protect his nation and his people.

🕯️ Pavlo Ishchenko - Strongman

Pavlo was a world and European champion as well as a four-time champion of Ukraine in strongman competitions & powerlifting.

He combined his competitive career with coaching activities.

Pavlo was killed October 2025 during a combat mission while defending his nation against the russian invaders.

🕯️ Kateryna «Miau» (Meow) Troian (32) - Track & Field

For Kateryna, sport was a source of strength and freedom, a space where her will was forged. She trained professionally in track and field under the renowned coach Iryna Pustovoit, alongside Ukrainian high-jump stars Yuliya Levchenko and Iryna Herashchenko.

The Track and field athlete turned elite FPV (First-Person View) drone operator was killed in action in June 5th 2025. She was recognized as a highly skilled defender who completed over 1,000 successful combat missions.

🕯️ Volodymyr Androshchuk (22) Track and Field

Androshchuk was a prominent decathlete who won the Ukrainian U20 Championship in 2019 and placed sixth at the 2020 European U20 Championship. He was considered a strong contender for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Following the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Androshchuk volunteered to defend his country and people, serving as a grenade launcher in the 95th Air Assault Brigade.

He was killed on January 25, 2023, near Bakhmut from shrapnel injuries.

🕯️ Oleksiy Khabarov (31) Rifle shooting

Oleksy was a multiple-time national record holder and champion of Ukraine. He represented Ukraine in international competitions, including the ISSF World Cup & World Junior Championships (12th place in 2014, 10m air rifle).

In 2017, he defeated Serhiy Kulish, a future two-time Olympic medalist, at the national level.

In November 2024, he won a silver medal in the mixed rifle event at an international tournament in Romania.

Khabarov was killed in action on August 19, 2025, at the age of 31 while defending Ukraine against Russian aggression near Shakhove in the Donetsk region.