"He was not planning to march in the first place, but he reconsidered when he was faced with the possibility of being the flagbearer," a spokesman for the US speed skating team told CNN.
"His race is in a few days and he is 100% focused on it," the spokesman added. "The timings for the ceremony interfere with his training program and that's why he's not going."
yeah, right, let's go with that instead of "he's a whiny little b*tch (again)."