KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Bode Miller has extended his break from the ski circuit for another week to spend time with his young daughter.
After skipping two races in Sestriere, Italy, last weekend, the defending overall World Cup champion will also sit out a giant slalom and slalom in Kranjska Gora this weekend.
Miller announced last week that he has a one-year-old daughter and was taking a break to visit her in San Diego.
“Bode’s enjoying his time at home with his daughter and resting up his ankle to go for the downhill title,” U.S. men’s ski team coach Sasha Rearick said.
Miller trains and races on his own and is no longer a member of the U.S. team, but he still has to coordinate with Rearick to be entered for races.
While he ranks only eighth in this season’s overall World Cup, Miller still has a shot at the downhill title, trailing discipline leader Michael Walchhofer by 35 points with three races remaining.
Last season, Miller lost the downhill title to Didier Cuche.
Two downhills are scheduled for Kvitjfell, Norway, March 6-7. Another downhill will be held at World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, the following week.
“He will be there for sure,” Rearick said of the Norway and Sweden races.
Miller injured his ankle in a crash in December and has failed to win a race this season, finishing second three times. He failed to medal at the world championships in Val d’Isere, France, earlier this month.
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