Court of Arbitration for Sport makes ruling on Katie Uhlaender's Olympic bid

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) connected Monday made a ruling successful the lawsuit of American skeleton jock Katie Uhlaender and her bid to person a spot successful the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The CAS Ad hoc Division ruled that it had nary jurisdiction to see Uhlaender’s lawsuit against Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) manager Joe Cecchini and the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation implicit the results of the IBSF North American Cup Race and Skeleton qualification for a spot successful the Winter Olympics.

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Katie Uhlaender of the USA competes during the Women’s Skeleton Race Heat 3 connected Day 2 of the 2025 IBSF World Championships astatine Mt. Van Hoevenberg connected March 7, 2025 successful Lake Placid, New York.  (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Uhlaender sought qualification aft she missed retired connected the accidental to suffice erstwhile Team Canada withdrew athletes from the North American Cup contention successful aboriginal January, reducing the magnitude of points that the lawsuit could award. The constituent simplification made it intolerable for Uhlaender to gain capable to qualify.

An probe by the IBSF recovered that Team Canada intentionally manipulated the points astatine the contention successful Lake Placid, New York. However, the IBSF besides did not revise immoderate of the results oregon present immoderate penalties arsenic a result. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) sent a missive to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) petitioning to person Uhlaender granted a spot. Fifteen different countries person joined successful connected that petition.

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Katie Uhlaender of the United States reacts aft her last tally during the Women's Skeleton connected time 8 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games astatine Olympic Sliding Centre connected Feb. 17, 2018, successful Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

The CAS said its sheet "carefully considered" the arguments made by some sides.

Uhlaender argued that Canada’s determination to propulsion the athletes from the contention was successful usurpation of the Olympic Code and requested that the afloat points beryllium fixed to her for the race. The defendants argued that adjacent if Uhlaender was fixed the points, it didn’t needfully mean she would suffice for Team USA and that the U.S. mightiness request to propulsion a racer who is already successful Italy.

"In its Award, the CAS Panel noted that the CAS Ad hoc Division for the 2026 (Olympic Winter Games) has been established to resoluteness disputes lone insofar arsenic they originate during the 2026 OWG oregon during a play of 10 days preceding the Opening Ceremony (on 6 February 2026). As a result, the quality indispensable person arisen by 27 January 2026 astatine the earliest successful bid to autumn wrong its jurisdiction," the ruling read.

"Considering the chronology of the events betwixt Ms. Uhlaender and the Respondents, the CAS Panel concluded that the latest day connected which the quality arose was 23 January 2026, connected which day the IBSF Appeals Tribunal issued its decision. Consequently, the exertion fell extracurricular the jurisdiction of the CAS Ad hoc Division Milano Cortina 2026."

Uhlaender reacted to the ruling successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

Katie Uhlaender of the U.S. reacts aft the women’s skeleton vigor 2 tally during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games astatine the Olympic Sliding Center successful Pyeongchang, South Korea, connected Feb. 16, 2018. (Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images)

"I’m disappointed that thing is being done again. I americium presently exploring options. But I’m warring for the close happening arsenic this enactment wounded a full tract of athletes," she said.

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