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One of the most important parts in speed skating or any skating is the skates. There is short-track speed skating and long-track speed skating. The shape of the skates plays an important part in both events. In short-track speed skating, speed is the most important thing. The whole track is pretty much corners. the two [...]

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During a luge run in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Nodar Kumaritashvili flew off the luge track at about 90 mph. The track was not kept up to pace with the increasing speed of improving athletes.  The athlete flew off the track into a steel pole.
Physics can be used to increase the safety of the luging [...]

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Ski jumping requires athletes to stretch for every inch they can. They try to find the right combination of technique, body size, weight, and aerodynamics. Sometimes the athletes damage their bodies by stretching too far. There are four major factors in ski jumping that help the jumpers succeed, according to Luca Oggiano. Those factors are: [...]

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Every four years a group of peculiar people meet together for one common reason: curling! The goal of this amazing sport is to get the stones as close to the center of the ring as possible. The real physics problem about this is the friction between the ice and the rocks. Read more here.
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