An International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) investigation has found that Team Canada intentionally altered the outcome of the North American Cup (NAC) in Lake Placid, N.Y., earlier this month after it withdrew its athletes, thereby denying American Olympian Katie Uhlaender a chance to qualify for this year’s Winter Olympics in Italy.
The U.S. skeleton athlete was hoping to be the first woman to compete in the Winter Games six times for the U.S., but fell just short of qualifying for the Olympic team.
Though Uhlaender won in Lake Placid, she received 25 per cent fewer ranking points than she would have in a full field, which consists of 21 or more sliders. That point difference left her behind the U.S.’…