A schedule of key dates and qualifying events for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which will be held Feb. 12-28 in Vancouver:

Oct. 5-15
U.S. bobsled/skeleton national team trials, Part I (Lake Placid, N.Y.)

Oct. 16
U.S. women's hockey, versus Canada (Spokane, Wash.)

Oct.19-24
U.S. bobsled/skeleton national team trials, Part I (Park City, Utah)

Oct. 21-25
Long-track speedskating trials, America's Cup I (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Nov. 9-14
Bobsled/skeleton World Cup (Park City, Utah)

Nov. 12-15
Short-track speedskating, World Cup No. 4 (Marquette, Mich.)

Nov. 16-22
Bobsled/skeleton World Cup (Lake Placid, N.Y.)

Nov. 17-21
Luge World Cup No. 1 (Calgary)

Nov. 28-29
Women's alpine skiing, Aspen World Cup (Aspen, Colo.)

Dec. 4-6
Men's alpine skiing, Beaver Creek World Cup (Beaver Creek, Colo.)

Dec. 11-12
Snowboarding Grand Prix (Copper Mountain, Colo.)

Dec. 11-13
Long-track speedskating, World Cup No. 5 (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Dec. 12
U.S. women's hockey, versus Canada (Denver, Colo.)

Dec. 16
U.S. women's hockey team named

Dec. 17-20
2010 Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Cup (Telluride, Colo.)

Dec. 23
2010 U.S. Olympic team trials, freestyle aerials/moguls (Steamboat Springs, Colo.)

Dec. 24
2010 U.S. Olympic team trials, Nordic combined (Steamboat Springs, Colo.)

Dec. 26-30
U.S. speedskating championships (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Dec. 30
U.S. women's hockey, vs. Canada (St. Paul, Minn.)

Dec. 31
U.S. luge team named

Jan. 1-3, 2010
Freestyle trials

Jan. 6-10, 2010
Snowboarding Grand Prix (Mammoth Mountain, Calif.)

Jan. 11, 2010
U.S. biathlon, short track, speed skating teams named

Jan. 14, 2010
U.S. ski jumping team named

Jan. 14-16, 2010
Freestyle skiing, World Cup (Park City, Utah)

Jan. 19, 2010
U.S. cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing teams named

Jan. 20, 2010
U.S. bobsled, skeleton teams named

Jan. 21, 2010
U.S. Nordic Combined teams named

Jan. 21-24, 2010
Freestyle skiing, World Cup (Lake Placid, N.Y.)

Jan. 14-24, 2010
U.S. figure skating championships (Spokane, Wash.)

Jan. 22-23, 2010
Snowboarding Grand Prix (Park City, Utah)

Jan. 25, 2010
U.S. alpine skiing, snowoboarding teams named

Feb. 1, 2010
USOC to announce final U.S. 2010 Olympic team

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