Sochi Olympic gold medalist Alexander Tretiyakov and bronze medalist Elena Nikitina were stripped of their skeleton medals for doping, which puts American Katie Uhlaender in line for her first Olympic medal.
Pending appeals, Latvian Martins Dukurs is in line to be upgraded to gold, American Matthew Antoine to silver and Latvian Tomass Dukurs to bronze.
In the women’s event, Uhlaender could get her first Olympic medal from her third Games. She originally missed bronze by .