“I’m the first. . . but I’m definitely not going to be the last.” KellyCurtisUSA WinterOlympics
. It wasn't until Curtis was 24 years old that she picked up bobsledding as a fun activity to do outside of her master's of educational leadership studies at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York.sliding center in Lake Placid, NY, she saw someone practicing skeleton and was entranced by the sport."I saw how much more fun they were having on a skeleton sled . . . I was like, 'I want to try that,'" Curtis told Team USA.
Now, as an active member of the Air Force currently assigned to Aviano Air Base in Italy, Curtis is competing in the 2022 Winter Games with one more event to go — on Feb. 12. The first Black skeleton athlete to compete at the Olympics told Team USA:"I'm the first. But I'm definitely not going to be the last."
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