At winter Olympics, science wins the day
Chris Mazdzer of the United States shook up the luge world order Sunday night, becoming the first non-European to podium in the Olympic men’s singles event.
“This is validation for everything I’ve done,” said Mazdzer, who won silver. “All the sacrifices, it’s worth it.”
It took 16 years of training, and came down to a few thousandths of a second. Had he been just .007 seconds slower, he would have missed out on the medals entirely.
In sports events that are won by such wafer-thin margins, it’s not only the athletes who are crucial; equipment plays a critical role too.
Laboring behind the scenes are hundreds of mechanics and technicians preparing skis, snowboards,
From pine pitch to fluorocarbons'You're riding on your pinky'