Skipping World Cup Finals

SAN DIEGO -- I decided I'm not going back to Europe to close out the season. My ankle is still bothering me so I'm going to stay in San Diego and get treatment. I've been getting saline and glucose injections at different spots around the joint to help it heal.  It's become a chronic injury because I skied on it for so long when it was injured and it never had a chance to heal. Now it hurts when I do different things and especially when I ski. I need to take some time off to let it heal properly. When that's all sorted out, I'll go back over to Europe and do some testing.

My goal at the beginning of the season was to get ready for the Olympics and to win races in February. I just sort of focused on that and I did that. If I wasn't injured I would have a made a separate decision about going to finals but that's not the case. I feel like I accomplished everything I wanted to this season so it's nice to just be able to relax in San Diego and hang out with Dace. The Olympics were a good experience but it's all been pretty positive in my career.

I haven't made any decisions about next season. At some point, I'll sit down with Sasha and see where we're at and what kind of program we can put together and I'll make a plan from there. My decision will depend on what we come up with and what sponsors think. A lot of different factors will come into play.