Skeleton is a heart-racing event where a single racer flies face-first down a frozen track. The inherent pressure of being "the first" and "only" isn't fazing her, Kelly Curtis says.

Kelly Curtis grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, playing basketball and running track; now, she’s the first Black woman to compete in the Skeleton for the U.S. Olympic team. For those unfamiliar ...

Team USA‘s Kelly Curtis completed the first heats of women‘s skeleton at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Learn more about the trailblazing athlete.

Kelly Curtis cycled through a variety of jobs on her journey to becoming the first Black American skeleton racer at the Olympics. “My favorite was background acting,” Curtis once told Air ...

Curtis was the first Black athlete to represent USA Skeleton at the Winter Olympics — and she hopes her presence at the Games will open more doors to her sport. "It’s pretty important.

WASHINGTON — Airman 1st Class Kelly Curtis has made history as the first Black athlete to represent Team USA at the Olympics in the sport of skeleton. “I’m the first,” Curtis said in an ...