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Thursday 23 November 2017

BLUES

CRUISE

In this Saturday, Feb. 15,
2014 file photo, Alexander
Tretyakov of Russia crosses
the finish area to win the
gold medal during the men’s
skeleton competition at the
2014 Winter Olympics, in
Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
Associated Press

‘Justice’: U.S.
sliders relieved

by IOC stand

against Russians

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
Katie Uhlaender has shed
plenty of tears over the
years about how she was
so close to an Olympic
medal, so close to stand-
ing on that podium and
watching the American
flag get raised in her honor.
She cried again Wednes-
day. Those tears were hap-
py ones.
The long-awaited word has
come down: Uhlaender is
about to be an Olympic
bronze medalist. The Inter-
national Olympic Commit-
tee disqualified four Rus- Behind Schenn, Tarasenko,
sian skeleton athletes from
the 2014 Sochi Games, in-
cluding men’s gold medal- Schwartz, Blues blast Oilers 8-3
ist Aleksandr Tretiakov and
women’s bronze medal-
ist Elena Nikitina, for dop-
ing violations and further
banned them from the
games going forward.
“I understand that it was a St. Louis Blues right wing Scottie Upshall
difference of culture and reacts after scoring in the third period during
that the Russians don’t a game between the St. Louis Blues and the
believe they did anything Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday Nov. 21, 2017,
wrong,” Uhlaender said. at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
“But this was the only way Associated Press
to fix it.”
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