^Janofsky, Michael. Olympics; Construction Was Slow, So . . .. The New York Times. December 20, 1991 [January 10, 2016]. (原始内容存档于2016-02-01). While it would have been ideal to ski for the United States, his adoptive country, he knew that making its Olympic team would be virtually impossible. Instead, taking advantage of his dual citizenship, he petitioned the Jordan Olympic Committee, and Jordanian officials approved.