The Olympic team is a reflection of our country and what our country stands for, and one of the most important ideals our country stands for is the ability to express yourself. |
The purpose is twofold. One, to assess their willingness to speak with us and, two, if they're willing to do so, to schedule a time and date to get that done. |
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. |
There should be absolutely no confusion about how a matter such as this is to be handled by a National Governing Body. We review the anti-doping protocols with our N.G.B.'s and we expect every N.G.B. to strictly comply with these protocols. We have made the leadership of the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation acutely aware of our concern over how this matter was handled. |
These are serious allegations and are receiving our immediate and full attention. |
These are very serious allegations. We will immediately begin to investigate these claims and if we determine there has been misconduct on the part of the coach, the appropriate disciplinary action will be taken. This matter will receive immediate and complete attention. |
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. |
Until we have announced our process, and finalized it, nobody is behind the curve. |
We do not believe that any such document exists. |
We feel good about where we are. We're up there with perennial Winter Olympic powers. |
We feel we're off to a good start. We've had a few bumps and bruises, but that's the nature of sport. We've had some surprises, some good, others not. |
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. |
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. |
We have not yet made a determination how we will go forward with that position. |
We haven't made a decision about whether we would pursue a 2016 bid for the United States at this point. |