When he races, we get as many hands as we can out on the course with bottles of sports drink for him, because at any point he can start getting fuzzy.

This is a strong team, even stronger than we had four years ago. Those who were rookies in Salt Lake have developed into real performers now, and our first-timers in 2006 are poised for some very noteworthy results themselves, which we can continue to build from.

There are a select few clubs that do a good job of preparing youngsters. It's fairly specialized, fairly small numbers. Maybe somewhere around 100 total.

I think it's a strange decision, but it sounds like the decision's been made. I don't know that there is a usual way. ... The jury determined they have a chance to get one round in tomorrow and maybe not two, so they're letting the first round stand.

I think it's a strange decision, but it sounds like the decision's been made. I don't know that there is a usual way. We've been scouring the FIS regulations and there's nothing that gives specific guidelines how to do it. The jury determined they have a chance to get one round in tomorrow and maybe not two, so they're letting the first round stand.

We start from scratch - that's good. They made the right call.