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Watching Doping Scandal, Fourth-Place Olympian Asks, ‘Am I a Bronze Medalist?’

Related Topics: Katie Uhlaender, Olympic Games

On Feb. 14, 2014, Katie Uhlaender of Colorado was a three-time Olympian in the sport of skeleton. She was seeking her first Olympic medal at the Sochi Games. After four runs down an icy 1.1-mile course, she was sure she had succeeded.

She had not. She placed fourth, finishing four-hundredths of a second behind Elena Nikitina of Russia, who took third.