Team Canada found to have manipulated competition that cost American shot at Milan Cortina Olympics

An probe by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has recovered that Team Canada manipulated the result of the North American Cup successful Lake Tahoe, New York earlier this month. 

Canada's actions denied American Olympian Katie Uhlaender a accidental to gain capable points to suffice for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. 

After Team Canada withdrew its athletes from the North America Cup earlier this month, reducing the magnitude of points the contention could award. The simplification made it mathematically intolerable for Uhlaender to gain capable points to qualify. 

The IBSF recovered that "the enactment of the Canadians was intentional and directed to reducing the points disposable to athletes who slid astatine the last Lake Placid NAC," it announced successful a merchandise obtained by Fox News Digital connected Wednesday. 

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Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) primitively said the determination to retreat the athletes was made "after cautious valuation of the program's needs and successful consultation with the IBSF" and "careful information of jock health, safety, and semipermanent development."

"It was determined that continuing to contention these athletes was not successful their champion interests, nor successful the champion interests of the program," it added.

Team USA skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender was denied a accidental to gain capable points to suffice for the upcoming Milan Cortina Olympics.  (Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Team USA)

However, 1 of the Canadian athletes said the coaches said the crushed for the withdrawal was owed to "the champion involvement for the mode points had worked." 

"They had travel implicit and explained to america that it would beryllium successful the champion involvement for the mode points had worked for Jane, truthful that we arsenic a squad tin suffice 2 spots to the Olympics," Canadian skeleton racer Madeline Parra told The Canadian Press.

Now, the IBSF has determined Canada made a conscious determination to retreat athletes to manipulate the imaginable points astatine stake. 

"Although Canada subsequently attributed its determination to bid 4 athletes not to descent successful Official Training to concerns astir the athletes involved, important grounds supports Ms. Uhlaender's contention that the determination was a deliberate effort by Canada to trim the points disposable astatine the last Lake Placid NAC truthful arsenic to support its ain Olympic quotas," the announcement said.

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The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has sent a missive to the International Olympic Committee petitioning to person Katie Uhlaender granted a spot successful the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. (Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images)

However, the IBSF besides is not taking immoderate enactment to penalize Canada oregon alteration the result of the lawsuit to grant Uhlaender a changeable astatine qualifying for the Olympics. 

"Although the disqualification of an jock and cancellation of results whitethorn person collateral impacts (other participants moving up successful authoritative finishes, for example) the Olympic Movement Code does not acceptable retired standards oregon means by which lawsuit records tin beryllium changed different than done sanctions," the announcement read. 

Uhlaender is inactive starring an planetary protestation to summation qualification for the upcoming Olympics. 

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has sent a missive to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) petitioning to person Uhlaender granted a spot. Fourteen different countries person joined successful connected that petition. 

The Olympic committees of Malta, Israel, the Virgin Islands, South Korea, Belgium, Brazil, Jamaica, Denmark, Netherlands, Ghana, Nigeria, Trinidad, Columbia and Latvia person signed their enactment for Uhlaender, either successful their ain letters, oregon signing USOPC's missive to the IOC advocating for the American to beryllium granted qualification.

The IOC has since responded to the USOPC's missive advocating for Uhlaender.

Several Olympic committees person signed their enactment for Uhlaender. (James Lang/USA TODAY Sports)

"This substance relates to the exertion of the IBSF’s rules and procedures successful transportation with an IBSF organized event. The IOC understands that IBSF has already responded to Ms Uhlaender connected this matter," the IOC said successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital.

Vice President JD Vance volition pb the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the Milan Cortina Olympics adjacent month. Uhlaender hopes the vice president volition advocator for her participation.

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"As U.S. Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to conscionable with the enactment of the International Olympic Committee, I respectfully inquire that helium basal with maine arsenic an Olympian that has represented the United States of America and our values, the USOPC, and the galore affected nations successful supporting our petition to IOC President Kirsty Coventry to usage her authorization to uphold fairness successful Olympic athletics by granting a wildcard entry," Uhlaender said.

"Doing truthful would support the integrity of contention and forestall further harm. Such enactment would nonstop a almighty connection to young athletes everywhere: that lasting up for morals and integrity whitethorn beryllium difficult, but it matters."

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