disqualification

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This disqualification ends five years after the sentence has been completed.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

An impassioned Heraskevych, who is allowed to remain at the Games despite not competing, told reporters at the Cortina Sliding Centre that he believed his disqualification was "totally wrong".

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 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