For Alex: US snowboardcrossers have injured Deibold on mind
FILE - Gold medalist Pierre Vaultier of France, left, leads, from second left to right, silver medalist Nikolai Olyunin of Russia, Paul­Henri de le Rue of France, and bronze medalist Alex Deibold of the United States, in the men's snowboard cross final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Deibold suffered a head injury in a crash during qualifying at a World Cup event just days before his arrival in China. His absence hit his teammates’ hard. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

FILE - Gold medalist Pierre Vaultier of France, left, leads, from second left to right, silver medalist Nikolai Olyunin of Russia, Paul­Henri de le Rue of France, and bronze medalist Alex Deibold of the United States, in the men's snowboard cross final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Deibold suffered a head injury in a crash during qualifying at a World Cup event just days before his arrival in China. His absence hit his teammates’ hard. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Feb. 05, 2022 06:05 AM EST
FILE - Bronze medalist Alex Deibold of the United States walks to a flower ceremony after the men's snowboard cross final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Deibold suffered a head injury in a crash during qualifying at a World Cup event just days before his arrival in China. His absence hit his teammates’ hard. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

FILE - Bronze medalist Alex Deibold of the United States walks to a flower ceremony after the men's snowboard cross final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Deibold suffered a head injury in a crash during qualifying at a World Cup event just days before his arrival in China. His absence hit his teammates’ hard. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Feb. 05, 2022 06:05 AM EST