Outlook for 2010

Michelle Kelly participated in the homologation (FIBT approval) of The Whistler Sliding Centre track in March 2008. "It's an exciting track and what's hard about it is that it has crazy speed, but any loss of concentration and you can get in trouble because it is technical as well."

2007-2008

Kelly had a very successful season in 2007-2008, winning five medals on the World Cup circuit (including three gold), while placing fourh at the World Championships.

2006-2007

Following the disappointing Olympic season, Kelly regained her place among the best in the world. She was able to finish third in the overall World Cup standings thanks to two silver and two bronze medals. The success did not carry to the World Championships where she finished well back in eighth.

2005-2006

What should have been a highlight season for Kelly became one of her most disappointing as she failed to qualify for the Canadian Olympic team going to Turin. Canada was exceptionally strong internationally, but permitted just two women's entries. Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards would go on to win the overall World Cup title that season, while Lindsay Alcock had been the overall champion in 2003-2004 as well as the 2004 world silver medallist. At the Olympic trials in October, it was Kelly who was the odd-woman-out, finishing third behind Alcock and Hollingsworth-Richards. To make matters worse, Kelly had appeared to be such a lock for the team that RBC had featured her in television ads prior to the Olympic Games. For the second straight season, she did not place on any World Cup podium.

2004-2005

Kelly did not win any World Cup medals but the season was not a loss as she finished third at the World Championships.

2003-2004

Kelly had trouble matching her career-year. She finished a very disappointing ninth at the World Championships but managed to place third in the overall World Cup standings, thanks to four medals.

2002-2003

The 2002-2003 season is still Kelly's best season, as she recorded several "firsts". She became the first Canadian to win the women's world title since its inception in 2000. She also took the overall World Cup title, the first Canadian to do so, after securing six medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze). Kelly became the first and, as of 2008, was the only female skeleton racer to win both honours in the same year.

2001-2002

Kelly struggled for consistency for much of the season, mostly because she could not put two solid runs together at the same event. She won the final World Cup of the season at her favourite track in St. Moritz, placing her fifth in the overall standings once again.

Kelly's confidence was high in Salt Lake City as she held the track record at Utah Olympic Park and was the only women to record a sub-50 second run there. In the first ever Olympic skeleton competition for women, Kelly placed 10th.

2000-2001

Hampered by injuries, Kelly dropped to fifth in the overall World Cup standings and finished 11th at the World Championships.

1999-2000

In 1999-2000, Kelly competed solely in skeleton for the first time in her career and had a breakout season on the World Cup, finishing on the podium twice and third in the overall standings.