We thought that if that was going to be the place where we're going to live and race and work, we needed to be part of the culture. They took us under their wings.

Of course, I think that if he doesn't want the attention, then there are ways to go about being a ski racer where you can achieve that. But he's also reached that level of fame where everything you do is under the microscope.

He's apologized. It's great. Hopefully, this will straighten things out.

I'm very disappointed. You train for so long toward this goal and then you can't take part in the race. That's really frustrating.

He will certainly do a big race on Sunday because I have seen him doing fine during the last week. He is a rider that can be in front during long races and he does good sprints.

Dennis and I and Crawford had a heck of a race. One minute, I thought Dennis was going to win. Then I thought Crawford was going to win. Then I thought maybe I could win it. It was fun.