Jason Kelce hits the ice with U.S. bobsled team in Park City ahead of Milano Cortina Games

Jason Kelce in a four man bobsled with Team USA. Photo: Youtube screengrab

PARK CITY, Utah — Retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce joined the US bobsled team in Park City ahead of the Milano Cortina Olympic Games to test his mettle in the sled.

In a YouTube video documenting his experience, Kelce learned directly from head coach and three-time Olympian Chris Fogt and got to sled with members of the team who are currently competing in the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.

Before they got started, Fogt noted that a lot of bobsled athletes transfer from football and other sports. “You might not be good enough, but let’s at least try,” Fogt teased Kelce as he outlined what training would look like for the day.

First up, Kelce tested his speed on a 30m sprint, and he succeeded in getting his time down to 3.98 seconds. Fogt noted Olympic male sledders will have times between 3.44 and 3.80 seconds. Fogt also tested Kelce’s vertical and broad jumps, noting how important explosive speed and power is when pushing the sled down the track.

Next, the team took to the push track, where Kelce met up with members of the US bobsled team and practiced pushing a sled on wheels down the track. Although Kelce joked he was “negative confident” about how it would go, Fogt was notably impressed with his runs. Within an hour, Kelce went from a true novice to successfully loading into the practice sled with a four-man team.

On his second day at the Utah Olympic Park, Kelce donned an official Team USA race suit and stepped out onto the ice track. After Kelce and and three bobsled team members were loaded into the sled, a crew gave them a starting push down the track. Kelce hollered all the way down, reaching speeds over 80 mph.

“I do think going down the track was probably the most surprising,” Kelce reflected. “I thought it’d kind of be like a roller coaster, you’re like going around, it’s nothing like a roller coaster. It feels like it’s one of those things where you really don’t know what it feels like until you do it.”

The four-man bobsled competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held on 21 February (heats 1 and 2) and 22 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo.