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American Uhlaender seeks Olympic wildcard after Canadian skeleton
withdrawals

   Rory Carroll
   | Reuters | Posted: January 25, 2026 12:53 AM | Last Updated:
   11 hours ago

   Uhlaender ​said she will also ask the Court of ‍Arbitration for
   Sport to intervene

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   Caption: Skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender in action on Dec. 6,
   2024, in Altenberg, Germany. (Thomas Eisenhuth/Getty Images)
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   ‍U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has asked the
   International Olympic Committee for a wildcard into the 2026
   Winter Olympics after Canada's skeleton team withdrew ​four
   athletes from a competition earlier this month, ending her bid
   for a sixth Games despite winning the race.
   Due to the Canadian withdrawals from the races ​in Lake Placid,
   U.S., the field dropped to a size that reduced the number ⁠of
   ranking points available. This ended Uhlaender's qualification
   ‍hopes for next ⁠month's Milano-Cortina ​Olympics.
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   Uhlaender, a double world champion with ‍a personal
   Olympic-best finish of fourth in 2014, alleged that the
   Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton [BCS] "manipulated" the race,
   impacting Olympic and World Cup qualification points for
   athletes from more than five nations.
   "This request is not about special treatment. It is about
   preventing further damage and upholding the spirit and values
   of Olympic sport," ⁠she said in a statement on Saturday.
   WATCH | Canada’s skeleton team denies Olympic sabotage
   allegations:

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   Caption: Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton is defending a decision to
   remove four athletes from a competition after a coach was
   accused of intentionally sabotaging an American athlete trying
   to reach her sixth Olympics.
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   BCS, which did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request ‍for
   comment, was cleared last week by the International Bobsleigh &
   Skeleton Federation of any wrongdoing after an investigation.
   BCS said it withdrew the ⁠athletes out of safety concerns and
   recognized the move had ​an unintended impact on the size of
   the field.
   Uhlaender ​said she will also ask the Court of ‍Arbitration for
   Sport to intervene in the case.

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