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Invece, prima dell&#039;inizio di una singola discesa di skeleton, il mondo si \u00e8 trovato ad assistere a qualcosa di molto diverso: uno scontro morale sul ghiaccio.<\/p><p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"711\">Skeletonista ucraino <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vladyslav Heraskevych<\/span><\/span> \u00e8 stato squalificato prima della sua prima manche. Il motivo non era una violazione tecnica, n\u00e9 un guasto all&#039;attrezzatura, n\u00e9 il doping. Era il casco.<\/p><p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"823\">Un casco ricoperto di immagini di atleti ucraini uccisi dall&#039;inizio dell&#039;invasione russa su vasta scala.<\/p><p data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"856\">Per Heraskevych era semplice.<\/p><blockquote data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"988\"><p data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"988\">\u201c&quot;Non abbiamo violato alcuna regola. Questo casco non ha alcun significato politico&quot;, ha affermato.<br data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"949\" \/>\u201c&quot;Avevo tutto il diritto di competere.&quot;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1054\">Per il <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Comitato Olimpico Internazionale<\/span><\/span>, era diverso.<\/p><p data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1395\">Il Comitato ha citato le sue linee guida sull&#039;espressione di s\u00e9 degli atleti, il principio derivato dalla Regola 50 della Carta Olimpica, che vieta le manifestazioni politiche durante la gara. Secondo quanto riferito, i funzionari gli hanno offerto un compromesso: avrebbe potuto mostrare il casco prima della partenza, o nella zona mista dopo la gara, ma non durante la corsa stessa.<\/p><p data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1408\">Lui rifiut\u00f2.<\/p><hr data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1413\" \/><h2 data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1459\">Una linea personale che non poteva essere oltrepassata<\/h2><p data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1682\">Chi \u00e8 vicino alla squadra ucraina afferma che la decisione non \u00e8 stata impulsiva. Le immagini sul casco non erano slogan. Erano volti: pi\u00f9 di venti atleti e membri della comunit\u00e0 sportiva ucraina caduti in guerra.<\/p><p data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1803\">Le federazioni sportive ucraine stimano che centinaia di atleti, allenatori e membri dello staff siano stati uccisi dal 2022.<\/p><p data-start=\"1805\" data-end=\"1865\">Per Heraskevych, questa realt\u00e0 faceva sembrare la neutralit\u00e0 astratta.<\/p><blockquote data-start=\"1867\" data-end=\"1994\"><p data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"1994\">\u201c&quot;Abbiamo pagato il prezzo della nostra dignit\u00e0&quot;, ha affermato in seguito.<br data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1923\" \/>\u201c&quot;Ho difeso gli interessi dell&#039;Ucraina e la memoria dei nostri atleti.&quot;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2232\">L&#039;incontro di quella mattina con il presidente del CIO <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kirsty Coventry<\/span><\/span> A quanto pare, la gara si concluse senza compromessi. Quando la prima slitta si prepar\u00f2 a scendere lungo la pista ghiacciata, il nome di Heraskevych non era pi\u00f9 sulla lista di partenza.<\/p><hr data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2237\" \/><h2 data-start=\"2239\" data-end=\"2266\">Solidariet\u00e0 sulle piste<\/h2><p data-start=\"2268\" data-end=\"2326\">Se il CIO si aspettava che la questione si risolvesse in sordina, non \u00e8 successo.<\/p><p data-start=\"2328\" data-end=\"2484\">Dopo la sua prestazione, lo sciatore alpino ucraino <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dmytro Shepyuk<\/span><\/span> alz\u00f2 la mano guantata verso le telecamere. Sulla mano c&#039;erano scritte le parole:<\/p><p data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2521\"><strong data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2521\">\u201c&quot;Gli eroi ucraini sono con noi.&quot;\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"2523\" data-end=\"2566\">Non era un discorso. Non ce n&#039;era bisogno.<\/p><p data-start=\"2568\" data-end=\"2647\">dell&#039;Ucraina <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Comitato olimpico nazionale dell&#039;Ucraina<\/span><\/span> ha rilasciato una dichiarazione in cui si legge:<\/p><blockquote data-start=\"2649\" data-end=\"2945\"><p data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"2945\">\u201c&quot;Avrebbe dovuto iniziare con il &#039;casco della memoria&#039;, in segno di rispetto per gli atleti ucraini caduti e per tutti i nostri eroi.<br data-start=\"2772\" data-end=\"2775\" \/>Oggi non ha iniziato, ma non era solo: tutta l&#039;Ucraina era ed \u00e8 con lui.<br data-start=\"2859\" data-end=\"2862\" \/>Quando un atleta si batte per la verit\u00e0, l&#039;onore e la memoria, questa \u00e8 gi\u00e0 una vittoria.&quot;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p data-start=\"2947\" data-end=\"3227\">In patria, la reazione del pubblico \u00e8 stata immediata. I social media si sono riempiti di messaggi di sostegno. I commentatori sportivi hanno inquadrato la squalifica come simbolo di una frustrazione pi\u00f9 ampia: che agli atleti ucraini venga chiesto di competere come se la guerra fosse un lontano ricordo piuttosto che una realt\u00e0 quotidiana.<\/p><hr data-start=\"3229\" data-end=\"3232\" \/><h2 data-start=\"3234\" data-end=\"3264\">La questione della coerenza<\/h2><p data-start=\"3266\" data-end=\"3308\">Heraskevych ha sollevato anche un punto difficile.<\/p><p data-start=\"3310\" data-end=\"3568\">Si \u00e8 chiesto perch\u00e9 altri gesti simbolici ai Giochi sembrassero essere consentiti. Perch\u00e9, ha chiesto, certi messaggi di tributo erano consentiti anche in altri sport? Perch\u00e9 non c&#039;era alcuna spiegazione riguardo agli elementi visivi legati al simbolismo russo sull&#039;equipaggiamento di altri atleti?<\/p><blockquote data-start=\"3570\" data-end=\"3742\"><p data-start=\"3572\" data-end=\"3742\">\u201c&quot;Nel documento c&#039;\u00e8 scritto che ho annunciato pubblicamente che si trattava di vittime di guerra&quot;, ha affermato.<br data-start=\"3663\" data-end=\"3666\" \/>\u201c&quot;Ma quando guardi l&#039;elmetto, non \u00e8 chiaro. Si trattava di memoria.&quot;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p data-start=\"3744\" data-end=\"3839\">Questa tensione, tra interpretazione e applicazione, \u00e8 ora al centro della controversia.<\/p><p data-start=\"3841\" data-end=\"3961\">Il CIO sostiene che le regole debbano essere applicate in modo equo. I critici sostengono che l&#039;uguaglianza senza contesto pu\u00f2 trasformarsi in cecit\u00e0 morale.<\/p><hr data-start=\"3963\" data-end=\"3966\" \/><h2 data-start=\"3968\" data-end=\"3990\">Pi\u00f9 che simbolismo<\/h2><p data-start=\"3992\" data-end=\"4084\">Heraskevych non si \u00e8 limitato a difendere il suo diritto a indossare il casco. Ha avanzato tre richieste:<\/p><p data-start=\"4086\" data-end=\"4254\">\u2013 Togliere il divieto del Memory Helmet<br data-start=\"4121\" data-end=\"4124\" \/>- Scusarsi per la pressione esercitata su di lui<br data-start=\"4166\" data-end=\"4169\" \/>\u2013 Fornire generatori agli impianti sportivi ucraini che soffrono di continui attacchi<\/p><p data-start=\"4256\" data-end=\"4457\">L&#039;ultimo punto ha un tono diverso. Stadi, piste di pattinaggio e centri di allenamento ucraini sono stati danneggiati o lasciati senza elettricit\u00e0 stabile a causa di attacchi missilistici e attacchi alle infrastrutture energetiche.<\/p><p data-start=\"4459\" data-end=\"4560\">Per molti in Ucraina, questa non \u00e8 una questione di politica teorica. La questione \u00e8 se i giovani atleti possano allenarsi o meno.<\/p><hr data-start=\"4562\" data-end=\"4565\" \/><h2 data-start=\"4567\" data-end=\"4587\">Cosa succede dopo<\/h2><p data-start=\"4589\" data-end=\"4820\">La parte ucraina ha indicato che potrebbe presentare ricorso al Tribunale Arbitrale dello Sport. Gli esperti legali suggeriscono che un caso del genere potrebbe mettere alla prova la portata della Regola 50 e se il ricordo possa essere considerato un&#039;espressione proibita.<\/p><p data-start=\"4822\" data-end=\"4891\">Nel frattempo, Heraskevych rimane ai Giochi, ma fuori dalla competizione.<\/p><p data-start=\"4893\" data-end=\"4988\">Le medaglie saranno assegnate. Le foto sul podio saranno scattate. Ma il dibattito non cesser\u00e0.<\/p><hr data-start=\"4990\" data-end=\"4993\" \/><h2 data-start=\"4995\" data-end=\"5014\">Una tensione pi\u00f9 profonda<\/h2><p data-start=\"5016\" data-end=\"5198\">Il movimento olimpico insiste da tempo sul fatto che lo sport debba rimanere neutrale, uno spazio non toccato dai conflitti globali. Eppure la storia dimostra che sport e politica raramente rimangono separati a lungo.<\/p><p data-start=\"5200\" data-end=\"5353\">Per l&#039;Ucraina, la guerra non \u00e8 simbolica. Gli atleti si allenano durante gli allarmi antiaerei. Le gare vengono rinviate a causa di interruzioni di corrente. Gli allenatori prestano servizio al fronte.<\/p><p data-start=\"5355\" data-end=\"5430\">In questa realt\u00e0, il confine tra ricordo e politica diventa labile.<\/p><p data-start=\"5432\" data-end=\"5457\">Il CIO persegue la neutralit\u00e0.<\/p><p data-start=\"5459\" data-end=\"5495\">Gli atleti ucraini cercano riconoscimento.<\/p><p data-start=\"5497\" data-end=\"5569\">Quando questi principi si scontrano, la questione non \u00e8 pi\u00f9 quella del casco.<\/p><p data-start=\"5571\" data-end=\"5653\">Riguarda ci\u00f2 che il palcoscenico olimpico rappresenta e di chi riconosce la realt\u00e0.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics were supposed to be about speed, steel nerves and fractions of a second. 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