Feb 7th 2014, 16:21, by Ellis Hamburger
Olympic skier Steven Nyman's tuck is as well-renowned as David Beckham's free kick, reads a new story in Wired by Jeffrey Marlow. And Nyman didn't perfect his tuck on the mountain as he rounded flags at 80 mph, flying towards the finish line. He did it in a wind tunnel.
"Wind tunnel data has unearthed a new world of hidden milliseconds," writes Marlow — milliseconds that can be shaved off by ordering tighter, European-tailored ski suits, for example. But the US ski team's scientific data collection doesn't end there. It employs GPS tracking to help skiers find the best lines, positive psychology training, fluid dynamics studies, and daily blood tests to monitor and regulate glucose and creatine levels. Science will give the US team...
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