All of the sports at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortino involve some physics in action. For figure skating, ski jumping ...

Moment of Science: The physics behind figure skating ...

What’s the secret to landing a quadruple lutz, or speeding your death spiral? A figure skating researcher weighs in.

During the 2026 Winter Olympics, athletes will leap off ramps, slide across ice and spin through the air. These performances will look different to my students who have studied physics through sports.

Watching a ski jumper fly through the air might get you wondering, “How do they do that?” The answer is – physics!That’s why this episode, we have two physicists – Amy Pope, a physicist from Clemson ...

Are you speechless watching US figure skater Ilia Malinin on the ice? Science explains how it’s possible the Quad God can do more than four full rotations in the air. In 2024, the journal Sports ...

MILAN — Athleticism meets grace in figure skating, one of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics. Whether skaters are performing gravity-defying jumps or experiencing a wide array of emotions ...

When two NHL hockey players collide, their pads and muscles can absorb enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for a minute and a half. During the 60 minutes of a hockey game, players can burn ...

At 19, Peggy Fleming won the only U.S. gold at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France – seven years after a plane crash killed her coach and the entire U.S. figure skating team. Her flawless ...

Jordan Stolz has positioned himself as one of the most dominant forces in 45 years, since another American named Eric Heiden ...

Skaters, once bound by restrictions and tradition, are increasingly choosing music no one has ever skated to before.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 06: Alysa Liu of Team United States competes in the Women's Single Skating - Short Program on day zero of ...