"Revoke his hero title"Heraskevych attacca Bubka

The ‘myth’ of pole vault as well as member of the IOC in Ukraine quota, Sergey Bubka, was attacked give it Ukrainian skeletonist Vladyslav Heraskevychwho hit the headlines for being disqualified from International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Games because he wanted to compete with the helmet depicting the faces of Ukrainian athletes who died in the conflict with Russia.

Heraskevych, from the podium of the Verkhovna Rada, accused Bubka of not being a Ukrainian national hero. At a plenary session of parliament in Kiev, the 27-year-old skeletonist addressed deputies urging them to initiate proceedings to revoke Bubka’s title as a ‘hero’ of Ukraine. According to Heraskevych, Bubka keeps ties with Russia.

He accuses Heraskevych of Bubka

“We have several Ukrainian representatives in the CIOI am referring to Mr Bubka who still holds the title of Hero of Ukraine – said Heraskevych speaking at the Verkhovna Rada where he brought with him to the podium the commemorative helmet result, however, contrary to Olympic charter – this man is systematically destroying Ukraine. Allows that Russian flags are exposed in the organizations he leads, he is playing into Russia’s hands and this is unacceptable. I urge you to help us deprive Mr. Bubka of his recognition by imposing on him sanctions“.

The Zelensky decree and the attack on Bubka

The declaration of of the skeleton it arrived shortly after the signing by the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky of a decree relating to state salaries for elite athletes. According to the document, payments have been suspended for several athletes, including the Olympic champion of Seoul 1988 and six times pole vault world champion. Bubka, long considered the pride of Ukrainian sportnow finds itself under attack from both the executive and the active athletes.

Rift in the Ukrainian sports community

The fact that a current Olympic to have publicly accused his legendary predecessor demonstrates the profound rift within the Ukrainian sports community.

The career of Sergey Bubka

Sergey Bubka‘Czar of all auctions’, 62 years old, originally from Luhansk he was the first man to cross the 6.00 meters (total of 35 world records between outdoor and indoor) and boasts three Olympic participations, all with different national teams (in 1988 with theSoviet Unionin 1992 with the team CSI and in 2000 with theUkraine). From 2005 to 2022, Bubka was President of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee.