CALGARY Alberta Stephen Colbert s isnt sitting well with at least one American star Hes a jerk Shani Davis said Thursday when asked for his take on the comedians criticism of Canadians You can put that in the paper Davis declined to elaborate making the comment while vetting potential questions from The Canadian Press before rejecting an interview request and walking away Davis has ties to Canada from training out of Calgary in the past and has also had past differences with US which is now being sponsored by the comedian who hosts the The Colbert Report Publicists for Colbert did not respond to requests for comment Colbert stepped into a void for the American skaters after the team was left with a 300000 shortfall when Dutch bank DSB declared bankruptcy and pulled out of its He put up a fundraising link on his Web site a similar plan helped raise hundreds of thousands ofdollars for wounded American soldiers and their families in exchange for becoming the skating bodys primary sponsor Soon after Colbert used his show to aim some pointed barbs north of the border while picking up on complaints that Vancouver Olympic officials have been limiting athletes access to facilities for the 2010 Winter Games Those wont let us practice at their Olympic venues Colbert said At the Salt Lake Games we let the Canadian luge team take 100 practice runs The issue of access to the Richmond Olympic Oval is one that resonates with the US skaters although theyre more diplomatic about it than Colbert Its the Olympics the point of the Olympics is to bring the whole world together and by doing that theyre kind of separating themselves off from the world said rising US star Trevor Marsicano Its the way it is Im not going to complain about it Veteran Chad Hedrick feelsthe same way I think everybody should have equal rights to train on the ice as much as they can the Olympic champion said I dont know how its been in past Olympic Games Ive only been to one Olympics and maybe when it was in Salt Lake the ice time was more favorable to Americans I dont know But thats part of the game Hedrick and Marsicano both appreciate Colberts support even though neither was familiar with his show on Comedy Central before he came on board Hedrick hopes Colberts fans will help bring more exposure to and increase the profile of a sport that repeatedly leads the way in terms of medals won by Americans at Winter Olympics Were really fortunate that he jumped on board Its a great situation for us Hedrick said We needed it Its a great opportunity for US to provide things for the athletes that they wouldnt be able to provide without him As successful as weve been wiele osób jest nieznane w Ameryce I powiedział nic na wszystkich pieniędzy Marsicano zgadza się i jest czekamy na wizytę zespołu z Colbert na następne tygodnie Mundialu zatrzymania w Salt Lake City Hes przesadę dla USA Marsicano