{"id":1000,"date":"2026-02-22T03:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:37:02","slug":"us-military-olympian-kelly-curtis-shares-love-of-country-and-fellow-americans-competing-in-milan-cortina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"US military Olympian Kelly Curtis shares love of country and fellow Americans competing in Milan Cortina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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US Olympic women\u2019s skeleton athlete and Air Force staff sergeant Kelly Curtis didn\u2019t get the results she was looking for individually in Milan Cortina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she still comes away feeling like a winner because she got to represent her country, and gets to continue root on her Team USA teammates, especially the Americans currently challenging Germany in women\u2019s bobsled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhenever I put on the uniform that says the USA I\u2019m proud to represent both my country and the US Air Force,\u201d Curtis told Fox News Digital. \u201cBut to have it on the Olympic stage just makes it that much more special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curtis\u2019 patriotism comes at a time when some US Olympians have expressed concern and criticism about the current state of America under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curtis, as a loyal member of the US military, insists she will defend any of her teammates or fellow Americans looking to exercise their freedom of speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love the first amendment, and I love that I get to defend the country in whatever way I do on behalf of the first amendment,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cMy fellow Olympian teammates have the right to speak whatever they want, and I will defend their right to do so.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team\u00a0USA athletes Hunter Hess,\u00a0<\/a>Amber Glenn\u00a0and Mikaela Shiffrin have all made statements criticizing the state of the US while competing in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Curtis and fellow US Air Force Olympian Jasmine Jones, who\u2019s currently looking to help lead the US to the podium in bobsled, are joined by ice hockey players Brady Tkachuk and Quinn Hughes in praising their country at Milan Cortina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After finishing in 12th place in women\u2019s skeleton, Curtis will be cheering on the bobsled team of Jones and Kaillie Humphries, who are in position to contend for a medal podium in a crowded field of elite German rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humphires and Jones finished in first place in the first heat of the final on Friday, and then in fourth place in the second heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have an inside track to reaching the podium, likely a bronze or silver, but their dream of gold is still alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have a good thing going,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cThey have a winning formula for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Curtis and Jones represent the only two Air Force members competing for Team USA in Milan Cortina, Curtis hopes to grow that number by the time the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps come along. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a small program for the Winter Olympics cycle, but hopefully our program grows and develops, and we\u2019ll have a lot more athletes competing at the 2030 games,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis program requires a three-year active duty service commitment, so once we\u2019re done, we go back to our airbases where we serve as active duty service members.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team USA fans can send Jones and fellow airman Kelly Curtis, who is also competing in Italy, a personalized letter through a program involving a partnership between Team USA and Sandboxx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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