Rachel Steer Quotations

I had to travel back to the U.S. and I wasn't in a comfortable, happy place and I didn't really get to train; I had to prepare for racing. And then I had to come back over to Europe and I was tired from this incredibly stressful race experience.

I had one prone penalty and shot clean on standing today. I definitely felt better than I did in the 15K. I felt like my skiing was better.

January just sucked, you know? I was just sapped.

That felt better than most of my races this year. I've had a real hard time this year with my skiing, it just hasn't been there. I still don't think it's there.

Oh my goodness! I just noticed they said she was sick, and I saw her last night ? and she didn't look like she was getting sick.

I'm not going to make any judgment, guilt or innocence right now. I'm just glad I know doping control's going on.

I'm not blaming everything on that. But it's been an obstacle for sure.

I didn't do the right training over Christmas because of the trials. I think the year before, I didn't have to travel back to the U.S. I got to do really quality training, and except for a little sickness in January, I had pretty good skiing and results in 2005.