Uhlaender: 'The integrity of sport' at stake over doping

Katie Uhlaender had been waiting for an Olympic medal that seems most unlikely to come her way.

So now she's seeking something more.

After the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided Thursday to overturn the Olympic bans of 28 Russian athletes who were accused of doping at the Sochi Games four years ago, Uhlaender — a veteran U.S. women's skeleton racer who was in line to be awarded a medal as a result of those bans — reiterated her plea that clean athletes must be protected.

"I can say without a doubt, the integrity of sport is on the line," Uhlaender said from South Korea shortly after the CAS decision was posted. "And I'm looking to the leaders of a movement to do something to save it.