How much aerodynamics matters in winter sports? Athletes actually go to wind tunnels
Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games are about to start. Athletes are already looking around the area and getting familiar with the venues. Most of their work is actually already done in preparation for the competitions. While you may not know this, skiers perfect their posture and alpine suits in wind tunnels.
Canada’s Winter Olympic team always does very well in winter Olympics. This time is unlikely to be different, but Canadian athletes do not sleep on their success. Preparations start long before the competition. They have to perfect their skills, strengthen their body and just train till they are confident in their abilities. However, the skiing suit athletes are wearing is important as well, because any bit of unwanted aerodynamic drag can cost a fraction of a second that is needed for the victory. Canada’s alpine ski team did a lot of homework inside the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
https://www.technology.org/2018/02/08/how-much-aerodynamics-matter-in-winter-sports-athletes-actually-go-to-wind-tunnels/
