The Former World Cup Champion Bode Miller provoked controversy last season when he had questioned why using certain performance enhancing substances were illegal, the American had been severely criticized for skiing while drunk - but he this season seems a transformed competitor and has made slow but confident start to the season.
The US ski administration seem to have come up with new and a tougher code of conduct to counter the peril US ski team had faced - Bode who won the Overall title in 2005, had failed to finish with a medallion at the Turin Olympics and was charged for enjoying the nightlife than the ice.
Defending himself the 29-year-old, American quoted,
“It (last season) was a season that was a big test of my personality, there were a lot of people doing things that lacked a lot of integrity and lacked a lot of kindness and humanity .
I was third in the overall, that’s not so disappointing. There were only two guys better than me in the whole world.”
The best way to answer the critics would be performance, Bode hasn’t had a beginning that would be liked - he crashed out of the opening Slalom and had a poor run at Lake Louise in the downhill event. He will as all American fanatics would want have to return to his best if he really wishes to silence his critics.
