US Air Force Olympian Jasmine Jones expresses gratitude while representing America at Winter Games

U.S. Olympic bobsled subordinate Jasmine Jones is competing successful her first-ever Olympics successful Milan Cortina. 

As an Air Force work subordinate and parent of a 5-year-old, the pridefulness of representing the U.S. has brought her crippled "to a antithetic caliber." 

Kaysha Love and Jasmine Jones of the United States vie during the two-woman bobsleigh Heat 2 astatine the 2025 IBSF World Championships astatine Mt Van Hoevenberg March 14, 2025, successful Lake Placid, N.Y.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

"I consciousness similar being capable to correspond my country, arsenic good arsenic being an jock for my country, it decidedly brings a antithetic meaning and a antithetic caliber. I consciousness similar there's truthful fewer radical who bash some astatine the aforesaid time, and I'm honored to person this accidental to correspond both. I'm thankful for being an airman and representing my state successful that aspect," Jones told Fox News Digital. 

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"It decidedly ties it unneurotic and brings antithetic meaning and however overmuch much I person to give."

Jones hardly missed retired connected qualifying for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. So, she joined the Air Force successful April 2023, which allowed her to acquisition a overmuch much rigorous grooming routine, which she credits for her quality to suffice for this year's games. 

"I'm conscionable thankful to beryllium an airman," she said. "Going into the WCAP program, that allowed maine to genuinely person my offseason training, allowed maine to get to this point. … Having that offseason grooming to beryllium capable to absorption genuinely and enactment successful the work. That transpired with this moment." 

Jones gave commencement to her girl successful 2021 and was looking for stableness arsenic a means to execute her extremity of reaching the Olympics. The Air Force gave her that path.

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Olympian Jasmine Jones of the United States poses for a photograph Feb. 3, 2026, up of the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics.  (IOC via Getty Images)

"I wanted to bash thing that gives maine much stability. There was a clip erstwhile I was moving my civilian occupation and trying to bid astatine the aforesaid time, and it conscionable wasn't enough. I cognize I wanted to dedicate my clip towards bobsled," Jones said. 

"The biggest happening I've learned is being resilient, and I consciousness similar that plays a part, where, going into basic, and you're waking up early. You're pursuing orders. You're getting that subject needed, and that goes into bobsled. … So, I consciousness similar transitioning from basal grooming and having that subject arsenic good translates into conscionable knowing precisely what I'm expected to do." 

Jones' appreciation for representing the U.S. comes astatine a clip erstwhile different American Olympians are being openly captious of their state successful Italy. Team USA athletes Hunter Hess, Amber Glenn and Mikaela Shiffrin person each made statements criticizing the authorities of the U.S. portion competing successful Italy. 

But Jones present joins crystal hockey subordinate Brady Tkachuk successful openly praising the U.S. and expressing grant and gratitude for representing the state successful Milan Cortina.

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Jones said she hasn't looked astatine societal media astatine each arsenic of late, truthful she is unaware of immoderate disapproval of her state by Team USA teammates. 

Team USA fans tin nonstop Jones and chap airman Kelly Curtis, who is besides competing successful Italy, a personalized missive done a programme involving a concern betwixt Team USA and Sadboxx. 

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