AFF Expresses Support for Ukrainian Athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych

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Ath­letes for Free­dom Foun­da­tion express­es its strong sup­port for Ukrain­ian skele­ton ath­lete Vla­dyslav Heraskevych, who has con­sis­tent­ly demon­strat­ed courage, integri­ty, and prin­ci­pled lead­er­ship both on and off the track.

As an Olympian and one of Ukraine’s lead­ing win­ter sports ath­letes, Heraskevych has become wide­ly rec­og­nized not only for his sport­ing achieve­ments, but also for his clear and respon­si­ble stance in defense of fair­ness, human dig­ni­ty, and the fun­da­men­tal val­ues of sport. At a time when ath­letes increas­ing­ly face pres­sure for speak­ing open­ly about eth­i­cal issues, his posi­tion reflects the very essence of what sport should rep­re­sent — respect, account­abil­i­ty, and moral respon­si­bil­i­ty.

Sport has always been more than com­pe­ti­tion. It is a glob­al plat­form built on shared rules, mutu­al respect, and trust between ath­letes. When these prin­ci­ples are chal­lenged, the voic­es of ath­letes them­selves become essen­tial in pro­tect­ing the cred­i­bil­i­ty and integri­ty of inter­na­tion­al sport.

Vla­dyslav Heraskevych has used his plat­form thought­ful­ly and respon­si­bly, advo­cat­ing for trans­paren­cy, fair­ness, and respect for inter­na­tion­al sport­ing val­ues. Such lead­er­ship requires per­son­al courage, espe­cial­ly in moments when pub­lic posi­tions may bring crit­i­cism or pres­sure.

Ath­letes for Free­dom Foun­da­tion stands in sol­i­dar­i­ty with Vla­dyslav and with all ath­letes who choose to defend the prin­ci­ples of free­dom, fair­ness, and jus­tice. The glob­al sports com­mu­ni­ty depends on indi­vid­u­als who are will­ing to speak open­ly in sup­port of eth­i­cal stan­dards and human dig­ni­ty.

AFF remains com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing ath­letes world­wide who uphold these val­ues and who believe that sport must remain a space guid­ed by integri­ty, respon­si­bil­i­ty, and respect for fun­da­men­tal rights.We encour­age the inter­na­tion­al sports com­mu­ni­ty to con­tin­ue fos­ter­ing an envi­ron­ment where ath­letes can express their views freely and safe­ly, with­out fear of retal­i­a­tion or pres­sure.

Sport is strongest when ath­letes are free to stand by their prin­ci­ples.