View of the Yanqing National Sliding Centre

YANQING, China (February 6, 2022) – Official training for the skeleton events at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games begins tomorrow at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre. Athletes will get three training days before two days of competition. The men will compete February 10-11, and the women will race from February 11-12.

The complete skeleton schedule from the Yanqing National Sliding Centre is below, with all times listed in local time:

Monday, February 7

9:30-11:45 a.m.: Women’s skeleton official training #1

12:15- 3 p.m.: Men’s skeleton official training #1

Tuesday, February 8

12:30-2:45 p.m.: Women’s skeleton official training #2

3:10-5:45 p.m.: Men’s skeleton official training #2

Wednesday, February 9

12:30-2:45 p.m.: Women’s skeleton official training #3

3:10-5:45 p.m.: Men’s skeleton official training #3

Thursday, February 10

9:30-11:55 a.m.: Men’s skeleton race heats #1 and #2

Friday, February 11

9:30- 11:55 a.m.: Women’s skeleton race heats #1 and #2

8:20- 10:50 p.m.: Men’s skeleton race heats #3 and #4

Saturday, February 12

8:20- 10:50 a.m.: Women’s skeleton race heats #3 and #4

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Katie Uhlaender (Breckenridge, Colo.) and Kelly Curtis (Princeton, N.J.) earned the two quota spots allocated to the U.S. for the women, and Andrew Blaser (Meridian, Idaho) is the sole entry for the U.S. in the men’s field.

This is Uhlaender’s fifth Olympic team, and the first for Curtis and Blaser. Curtis, a member of the Air Force World Class Athlete Program, will make history as the first U.S. Black athlete, male or female, to compete in the sport of skeleton at the Olympic Winter Games.

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