ESPN Olympic Sports

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

Sept. 8-12
2010 U.S. Olympic short-track speedskating trials (Marquette, Mich.)

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

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

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

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, versus Canada (St. Paul, Minn.)

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

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

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)

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

Feb. 4, 2010
U.S. women's hockey, versus Finland (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Feb. 12, 2010
Winter Games begin