Bobsled at 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games
Digest more
Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022, sliding in Turin, Vancouver, Sochi, PyeongChang and Beijing,
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,
2hon MSN
Team Canada found to have manipulated competition that cost American shot at Milan Cortina Olympics
Team Canada has been found to have manipulated North American Cup points to deny USA's Katie Uhlaender Milan Cortina Olympics qualification for skeleton competition.
A Team USA skeleton racer who accused Canada of deliberately corrupting the Olympics qualifying process has launched an appeal to be granted a "wildcard" entry to next month's Milan-Cortina Winter Games.
Skeleton became a permanent event at the Winter Olympics starting in 2002. Check out more information on the format, scoring, and rules now.
The IOC responded to Katie Uhlaender's appeal for Milan Cortina Olympics spot after Team Canada's withdrawal allegedly affected skeleton qualification points system.
Uhlaender claims a Canadian coach deliberately pulled athletes from a qualifying race to manipulate the points standings.
22don MSN
What to know about skeleton at the Winter Olympics: Hurtling head first down an icy chute on a sled
Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a helmet.
U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender is pressing forward in her fight for a sixth Olympic berth, saying Saturday that she is appealing a decision by international officials that seemed to cost her a chance to compete at the Milan Cortina Games.
Katie Uhlaender gained support from 12 countries after Team Canada's withdrawal allegedly cost the American skeleton athlete her sixth Olympics qualification.
Katie Uhlaender's hopes of making the women's skeleton field for next month's Milan Cortina Games have been thwarted again, after U.S. officials said Monday that the International Olympic Committee didn't take action on their request for her to receive a discretionary spot.