SYDNEY (AP) — The naming of Australia’s women’s Olympic figure skating team has been delayed after Sochi hopeful Chantelle Kerry took a dispute over the selection of fellow prospect Brooklee Han to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Australian Olympic Committee was expected to announce all of its figure skating positions Wednesday, but will now only present men’s competitor Brendan Kerry, Chantelle’s brother, and ice dancing couple Danielle O’Brien and Greg Merriman as the first Australian athletes confirmed for the Sochi Games in February.
Chantelle Kerry claims that U.S.-born Han is ineligible for Sochi because she entered an event without the approval of the national federation.
Kerry was unsuccessful in a CAS appeal in August in which she argued Han should not be allowed to attend an Olympic qualifying event in Germany.
