Darryl Seibel
Darryl Seibel
accept circumstance committee determine federation hands illness organizing provisions whether
The replacement provisions are injury, illness and exceptional circumstance. It's really in the hands of the organizing committee and international federation to determine whether or not they'll accept the replacement petition.
forward move olympic seeing winter
You move forward now to '05-06, and I think you're seeing a continuation of all of this, a continuation of the recognition of Winter Olympic athletes.
athletes governance interest managerial preserving serves short structure term train
This is a significant step. Our interest in the short term is in preserving opportunities for athletes to train and compete. In the long term, we want to see a governance and managerial structure that better serves the sport.
athletes attempting attention deal great heard hearing instead last olympic qualify reading remarkable serious stories taken team three weeks
During the last three weeks ... we should have been reading and hearing about the remarkable stories of athletes attempting to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team in the sport of skeleton. We have instead heard about serious allegations of misconduct. This story has taken a great deal of attention away from the athletes.
active asked basically cities developing forming interested logos lots money speak spending start telling
We have asked that those cities interested in bidding for 2016 to just basically not become too active at this point. We've asked them not to start forming committees, developing logos or spending lots of money just yet. We are not telling them they can't speak about it.
athletes flag perfectly pride wave
We have indicated to our athletes it is perfectly appropriate to wave the flag and when they do so they should wave it with pride and honor.
determination forward
We have not yet made a determination how we will go forward with that position.
bid decision pursue states united whether
We haven't made a decision about whether we would pursue a 2016 bid for the United States at this point.
body comments decisive governing less responsibility took
In less than a week, Bode apologized for his comments, he took responsibility for his comments and his governing body took decisive action.
direct olympic strength
In the long term, there is a direct correlation between the strength of the N.G.B.'s and the strength of the U.S. Olympic team.
candid conversation opportunity
By doing it this way, you have an opportunity to have a candid conversation with all those involved.
finish given likely
He skis on the edge. He's as likely to finish on the podium as not, given his style.
afternoon completed fell friendly run understand
It was a friendly afternoon of sledding, and as I understand it he completed his run and fell off the sled.
approval committee final organizing process
It is in process and we are awaiting final approval from the organizing committee and the international federation.