US bobsled Olympian Jasmine Jones competes in Milan Cortina Olympics

U.S. Olympic bobsled member Jasmine Jones competes in her first-ever Olympic Video games in Milan Cortina.

As an Air Power member and mom of a five-year-old, the satisfaction of representing the U.S. has taken her recreation “to a different caliber.”

Kaysha Love and Jasmine Jones of the US compete through the two-woman bobsled Warmth 2 on the 2025 IBSF World Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg, March 14, 2025, in Lake Placid, NY (Maddie Meyer/Getty Photos)

“I really feel like I can characterize my nation, however I additionally really feel like I am an athlete for my nation. It positively brings a distinct that means and a distinct caliber. I really feel like there are so few individuals who do each on the identical time, and I am honored to have this chance to characterize each. I am grateful to be an Airman and characterize my nation in that regard,” Jones advised Fox Information Digital.

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“It positively ties it collectively and offers a distinct that means and the way way more I’ve to present.”

Jones narrowly missed qualifying for the 2022 Winter Video games in Beijing. So she enlisted within the Air Power in April 2023, permitting her to bear a way more rigorous coaching routine, which she credit along with her skill to qualify for this yr’s video games.

“I am simply grateful to be a pilot,” she stated. “Being within the WCAP program, which actually allowed me to coach within the offseason, helped me get thus far. … That offseason coaching actually allowed me to focus and work arduous. That occurred proper now.”

Jones gave beginning to her daughter in 2021 and sought stability as a method to realize her aim of reaching the Olympics. The Air Power gave her that path.

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Olympian Jasmine Jones of the US poses for a photograph on February 3, 2026, forward of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. (IOC by way of Getty Photos)

“I wished to do one thing that will give me extra stability. There was a time after I was doing my civilian job and making an attempt to coach on the identical time, and that simply wasn’t sufficient. I do know I wished to dedicate my time to bobsledding,” Jones stated.

“The most important factor I’ve discovered is to be resilient, and I really feel like that performs a task, the place you go to base and get up early. You observe orders. You get the self-discipline you want, and that comes with bobsledding. … So I really feel like transitioning from primary coaching and having that self-discipline additionally interprets into simply realizing precisely what to do.”

Jones’ appreciation for representing the U.S. comes at a time when different U.S. Olympians are brazenly vital of their nation in Italy. Workforce U.S. athletes Hunter Hess, Amber Glenn and Mikaela Shiffrin all made statements criticizing the state of the U.S. whereas competing in Italy.

However Jones now joins hockey participant Brady Tkachuk in brazenly praising the US and expressing honor and gratitude for representing the nation in Milan Cortina.

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Jones stated she hasn’t checked out social media in any respect currently, so she is not conscious of any criticism of her nation from Workforce USA teammates.

Workforce USA followers can send Jones and fellow pilot Kelly Curtis, who can also be competing in Italy, will obtain a customized letter via a program with a partnership between Workforce USA and Sandboxx.

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