Ukrainian Olympian Disqualified Over Helmet

“I believe and really imagine that we’re right here at the moment, we’re capable of take pleasure in sport and revel in Olympics, it’s additionally due to their sacrifice. And I imagine they need to be right here at the moment with me. And likewise they need to be with me in competitors day.” “I actually wished to see him race at the moment. It’s been an emotional morning. So — yeah. We now have these guidelines in place to attempt to be truthful, and likewise to attempt to permit for us to do each issues: to permit for athletes to specific themselves, but additionally to permit for athletes to be secure.” Reporter: “How did it really feel not having the ability to compete?” “Horrible, so, you possibly can think about: I’m an expert athlete and I spent hours coaching on daily basis for 4 years. After all, as an athlete, I used to be all the time dreaming about Olympic medal, and it’s additionally a sense that it was taken away from me.”