Athlete

Competition suits are constructed for optimal performance for the Olympic athlete.

How snow forms and reacts is an essential part of the Winter Olympic games.

The engineering and design of their skis is critical for alpine skiers and their success.

The design and engineering of the half pipe allows Shaun White to generate big air.

Olympic skis are made of fiberglass and polymers engineered to give the right flexibility and more.

Gravity, friction, and energy are the physics behind the gasp-worthy tricks of snowboarders.

Olympic athletes, trainers and a sports scientist and chemist explain why cross-country skiers are among the fittest athletes in the world.

Sending the 42-lb. granite curling stone down a long sheet of ice toward the center of a bull's-eye target is all about friction and surface physics.

The slapshot is explained by Thomas Humphrey, Kathy FLores, and Olympic hockey players Julie Chue and Zach Parise.

Skates used by Olympians are custom-engineered by materials scientists to meet the demands for each sport.