disqualification

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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has lost his bid to overturn an Olympic disqualification over his helmet decorated with tributes to Ukraine’s war dead.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Tschofenig had scored 137.7 in the first round but his rule breach led to an immediate disqualification and handed Slovakia's Hektor Kapustik a route through to the final.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Pushing off before the lights go out results in heavy penalties or even disqualification and that led to many of the sliders erring on the side of caution with some hesitant starts.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

The Olympian didn’t budge, and the standoff ended with his disqualification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

In those few European countries that permit limited postprison disqualification, the sanction is very narrowly tailored and the number of people disenfranchised is probably in the dozens or hundreds.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander